Posted on 08/17/2015 5:29:43 AM PDT by jimbo123
On paper, Jeb Bush is the perfect establishment candidate for the Republican presidential nomination:
A two-term governor of a crucial swing state who oversaw economic expansion and spearheaded education reform.
A conservative, but with a cerebral, optimistic tone that probably won't enrage moderate voters, unlike the unabashed social-issue warriors in the GOP field.
A prolific fundraiser whose advantage stems from the powerful donor networks of his brother, former President George W. Bush, and his father, former President George H.W. Bush.
Yet the former Florida governor — for all his might on paper — has failed to catch on with Republican voters.
In recent weeks, his strongest showing was in the low double digits in polls both nationally and in the states that hold the first contests in the 2016 race for the White House. A CNN/ORC poll taken in Iowa and released Wednesday showed Bush with 5% support compared with front-runner Donald Trump's 22%.
Bush and his campaign profess to be unconcerned, and are convinced that Trump's front-runner status will be as ephemeral as the early leads enjoyed by Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain in the 2012 cycle.
Bush, who has referred to himself as the "joyful tortoise" in the race for the GOP nomination, brushed aside recent polls as irrelevant.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
....he never will......as I predicted from the start....and it’s not just the immigration thing.
Good grief! What sort of meds is this guy taking?
Perfect on who’s paper? The Tijuana Gazette?
That pretty much sums up the problem with him... We don't want no steenkin' establishment candidate, aka LOSER!
It’s a Bush thing.
¡Yeb!,
We are not interested in becoming North Mexico,
Sincerely.
We The People
LOL. Seema is a real expert on conservative politics. Jeb is one of those sane conservatives. Not like the knuckle-dragging morons who come just short of advocating killing Democrats and liberals and who think the Earth is flat.
What?
Jeb is perfectly wrong on EVERY issue.
Jeb is perfectly too dumb to realize he is a Demmunist.
Any article that overlooks his last name is disingenuous. If his last name were Smith, I would give him a second look before saying, “No, thanks.”
The pattern, do a good job as governor and then try and screw the country.
“Seemingly perfect on paper?”
I read these articles and think, “They truly do not understand us even a tiny bit.”
When will LA Times ever going to release the Obama Rashid Khalidi video tape. Then we can see why he loves the Muzzies so much.
Trump is spouting “knuckle-dragging” conservative pap...and is leading the field. He is even winning over independents and Democrats.
Seems like a size able chunk of America supports knuckle-dragging conservatives!
What will the Liberals and GOPe do?
If there were ever any evidence of liberal collusion, it would be this hawking of Jeb Bush to Non-Democrat voters by The Boston Globe, Washington Post, New York Times, LA Times, etc.
They all run the same kind of articles...Jeb Bush is a great candidate, and non-Democrat voters are too stupid, ideological, blind, and stubborn to choose him.
Things that make you go “Hmmmmmm”.
He had 8 years to prepare his answer for the most obvious question he would asked and he flubbed it....
Um, he ain’t perfect on paper either
NOT telegenic. Check.
NOT very good at speaking. Check.
NOT charismatic at all. Check.
Has decided he can win without the GOP base and offends it. Check.
Thinks illegals are love, common core is an apple, and Hillary is competent. Check.
His last name is Bush. Check.
Unbelievably stupid that some in the GOPE actually think he is perfect on paper.....
Check and mate.
It’s NOT just the illegals, but trust me, it’s ENOUGH!
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