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It's over: Jeb Bush will be the GOP nominee in 2016
The Week ^ | February 5 2014 | Damon Linker

Posted on 02/08/2014 7:17:01 PM PST by arthurus

And why is that? Because it's beginning to dawn on me that Jeb Bush is probably going to be the Republican Party's nominee for president in 2016.

Consider: With the ongoing implosion of Chris Christie's political career, the GOP establishment has lost its best hope for a candidate who could stop a libertarian-populist insurgency during the primaries. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Scott Walker — the list of viable fire-breathers is longer (and less dominated by incompetents, crazies, and one-note sideshow acts) than establishment types would like.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016gopprimary; bush; bush2016; bushfamily; clinton; hillary2016; jebbush; nomination
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1 posted on 02/08/2014 7:17:01 PM PST by arthurus
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To: arthurus

Palin/Cruz or Cruz/Palin would crush that dream in a heartbeat.


2 posted on 02/08/2014 7:18:11 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The only way women can "have it all" is if men aren't allowed to have anything.)
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To: arthurus

Fifty states would go blue.


3 posted on 02/08/2014 7:19:59 PM PST by DManA
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To: arthurus
Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Scott Walker — the list of viable fire-breathers is longer

Scott Walker a fire-breather ...?

OK...whatever...rolling eyes...

4 posted on 02/08/2014 7:20:33 PM PST by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: arthurus

I can’t believe that the GOPe is stupid/delusional/disconnected/misguided/out of touch/idiotic enough to try to run another Bush this generation. Instant. Disaster.

They’ll probably prove me wrong though.


5 posted on 02/08/2014 7:20:49 PM PST by FAA
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To: FAA

If you are a conservative, the GOPe hates your guts.


6 posted on 02/08/2014 7:21:49 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

My thoughts. A 3rd Bush in the W.H. would not be that bad. Hear me out. All we have to do is CONCENTRATE on the Senate. If he assumes office with 55+ GOP senators we can keep him in line.


7 posted on 02/08/2014 7:22:23 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: FAA
*Taking time travel back to 1978*

"It's over, George HW Bush will be the GOP nominee in 1980"

8 posted on 02/08/2014 7:23:07 PM PST by Lakeshark (Mr Reid, tear down this law!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Gag me.


9 posted on 02/08/2014 7:23:08 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The only way women can "have it all" is if men aren't allowed to have anything.)
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To: arthurus

Delusional. Another Bush? That will fly like a lead balloon.


10 posted on 02/08/2014 7:23:20 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

You do realize that there will be a lot or RINO crony-fascists in that 55 don’t you?


11 posted on 02/08/2014 7:23:59 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The only way women can "have it all" is if men aren't allowed to have anything.)
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To: arthurus

Say hello to President Slow Joe Biden.


12 posted on 02/08/2014 7:24:45 PM PST by Clint N. Suhks (Even Forrest Gump got into Alabama...)
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To: Caipirabob

No more Bush’s


13 posted on 02/08/2014 7:26:20 PM PST by tennmountainman (Just Say No To Obamacare)
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To: arthurus
Mitt Romney has a better chance at getting the 2016 nomination than Jeb Bush.

Actually, if Mitt jumps into the race, that scenario just might come to pass.

14 posted on 02/08/2014 7:27:20 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: arthurus
I can definitely see that happening. We could stop it by unifying behind one and ONLY ONE conservative candidate.
15 posted on 02/08/2014 7:27:23 PM PST by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a nice way of saying martial law enforcement)
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To: tennmountainman

If bush, the gop will lose...Whigs.


16 posted on 02/08/2014 7:27:37 PM PST by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

If we do not have the power to elect a President, we do not have the power to keep one in line. Bush #3 is a bad idea.


17 posted on 02/08/2014 7:27:44 PM PST by BurningOak (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2830849/reply?c=1)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

A 3rd Bush also has the same chance of winning as an orangutan. That is the more important point, not how good or bad it could be. If Jeb Bush could singlehandedly make our economy as good as it was in the Reagan years, it would still be irrelevant.


18 posted on 02/08/2014 7:27:45 PM PST by freedom462
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To: DIRTYSECRET

If he assumes office with 55 GOP Senators, Harry Reid will be able to pull of at least 8-10 with McCain’s help to block any conservative agenda.


19 posted on 02/08/2014 7:27:52 PM PST by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: arthurus

IMO The Bush name is poison it has been so maligned by Democrats.


20 posted on 02/08/2014 7:28:00 PM PST by funfan
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