Posted on 05/25/2022 1:57:00 PM PDT by conservative98
And in the wake of his defeat, Bush’s political future and the survival of his family’s brand are very much in doubt.
"History has shown there can be second acts in American politics, so I wouldn’t say never. But I think that he is politically greatly diminished from the results last night," longtime Texas based GOP strategist Brendan Steinhauser told Fox News.
And he predicted that in the short term "I think it’s more likely he goes into the private sector."
Matt Mackowiak, a veteran Austin, Texas-based Republican consultant and chair of Travis County GOP, said, "You can never count out anyone who can raise money, but George P. Bush’s political future is uncertain. I expect him to finish his term and return to private business as he considers his future. It’s not clear when another Bush family member will win elected office."
Bush is the son of former two-term Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, nephew to former President George W. Bush, and grandson of the late former President George H.W. Bush, whose move to the Lone Star State in 1948 ignited a new era in Texas Republican politics. The elder Bush won election to Congress in Texas before moving through government appointments and eventually being elected vice president in 1980, then president in 1992. His son George W. Bush was elected and re-elected governor before winning the White House in 2000.
The Bush family was GOP aristocracy for decades, but the brand lost its luster after President George W. Bush finished his second term with approval ratings well into negative territory. And the Bush family’s well documented war of words with former President Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primaries – when Trump repeatedly belittled, humiliated and crushed rival Jeb Bush en route to the nomination further diminished the
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Let’s hope so. Did he have his pocket turtle with him?
No. Everyone should have the opportunity to be judged on their merits, regardless of who their family is. We can't pick our parents. It's un-American to think otherwise.
The best candidate should always be picked for the job.
In this case, it's quite possible that the best candidate was not picked for the job because of his last name.
I don't know much about George P. Bush except from what I've read, but if what I've read is true, he'd have been a good pick.
I don’t buy it either and George P. Bush was making a very transparent attempt to court the MAGA vote.
That would be some pretty bad business acumen to be paying rent and storage fees on 7-year-old obsolete inventory.
But what would you expect from a Bush?
I hope.
“I may have missed the story. What is the relationship between Bush and the Alamo?”
George P. got elected head of the Texas General Land Office which he hoped to use to springboard into a larger office; perhaps a national office.
Then he had the unfortunate idea of “improving” the Alamo by messing around with the cenotaph and moving it from the historic location to “a better location.”
Many Texans didn’t like that as much as George P. thought they would.
Well, its been that experience with the fam in the past, so no wonder many feel like that.
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