From LINK in Post # 6:
“.....’The party is either going to win with a conservative next year or lose with Mitt Romney 2.0,’ one Iowa political consultant told Daily Mail Online. ‘The base senses that, and the story of 2016 will be whether all of Jeb’s money is enough to buy his way in to the winner’s circle.’
But a Republican National Committeeman countered that ‘Gov. Bush is one of the party’s most reliable conservative voices, and ultimately the far-right snake-oil-sellers will shoot themselves in the foot. It’s a long campaign, and we need someone steady at the helm.’
Neither man agreed to be identified.”.........
2nd choice? In auto racing parlance that is the 1st loser.....