Posted on 02/28/2014 9:51:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Theres no way around it. Americas political establishment wants Bush vs. Clinton II.
Is resistance futile?
Every single Romney donor we spoke with this week listed the former Florida governor as their top choice
Also, with solid name recognition and the Bush political machine behind him, Romney donors believe Jeb is the most electable of the potential Republican candidates. For Romney donors, electability is the single most important trait.
If Jeb Bush is in the race, he clears the field, said one major Romney donor. You would have someone who has the talent that is equal to Mitt. The natural inclination for Mitt supporters would be to gravitate toward Jeb Bush because hes a candidate that can win a national race.
Another huge factor that would help Bush who has contacted some donors about their receptiveness to a presidential bid and is believed to be seriously considering throwing his hat in the ring is that his current gig as a senior adviser to Barclays Capital has helped him meet many of the Northeastern private equity types who filled Romneys campaign coffers.
Christies Bridgegate crumble is contributing to Bush fee-vah, but like WaPo says, Christie had already burned some bridges with Mittworld by babbling praise for Obama over Sandy relief the weekend before the 2012 election. Bush has been waiting around for Christiemania to cool among Republican centrists, and now it is, so here we are.
Help me understand this, though:
If Jeb Bush is in the race, he clears the field, said one major Romney donor.
Which field? Crowning George Bushs brother the new king of the Beltway Republicans isnt going to scare tea-party candidates out of the race. Rand Paul would rather face Christie than Bush for various reasons Bridgegate, lower name recognition, smaller donor network, plus the fact that Christie has antagonized many more Republicans over the last few years than Bush has but there are advantages to running against Jeb too. Now he gets to attack not just a RINO but a dynastic RINO, whose own mother thinks its poor form for the family to monopolize Republican nominations. Pauls brand is that hes a new kind of Republican; nothing would underscore that like running against a Bush, which means he might attract some voters who have issues with him but nonetheless want fresh faces in the partys leadership. (Im one of them. I like Paul but doubt Id support him in the primaries unless were given a stark old guard versus new guard choice.) And Paul may relish running against Bush even though it would make his task harder. If you want to shift the Republican Partys foreign policy paradigm to noninterventionism, you can do worse than have George W. Bushs brother as your opponent.
What the donor quoted by WaPo probably meant was that Bush would clear the centrist field. No more Christie: Hed conclude that hes too badly damaged to beat a well-funded Jeb and decide to support him instead. No more Rubio: The Florida Republican establishment would swing behind Jeb, leaving Rubio with no operational base. Probably no more Paul Ryan either. Even if he was inclined to run, itd be hard to make bank with Mitts old donors stampeding towards Bush and hard to turn to grassroots righties for support given that theyre peeved at him over amnesty and last years budget. But
what about Scott Walker or Bobby Jindal, who seems like hes quietly building a proto-campaign? Theyd make the same calculation that Paul will that some segment of Republicans will blanch at the thought of nominating another Bush, whether out of objections to dynasticism or because they fear the Bush name is unelectable at this point, and jump in. Theyd sell themselves as the Goldilocks option, more conservative than Crown Prince Jeb and more mainstream than Paul, and pull donations from both sides of the party. If/when the center and right reach a stalemate on Bush versus Paul, Walker or Jindal will be there as a compromise choice. The field wont clear, unless your idea of the field runs no further to the right than Rubio.
wash yer keyboard out...
do you EMail your Mom with that keyboard ???
WTF? Is this from The Onion? ‘Cause this makes no stinkin’ sense. I bet even Jeb Bush is tired of Jeb Bush.
Another Bush would get another Democrat elected.
If Jeb Bush is in the race, he clears the field, said one major Romney donor
and loses.
I’m going to legally change my name to “Bob Dole Jr.” and become the frontrunner. Or, just keep the $$$ that will roll in.
Now where have I heard that before?
Well, at some point when a horse comes up lame, really lame
and untreatable, you just have to shoot it.
At this point now with Boehner, McConnell, Graham, McInsane et al, OF COURSE!
No more Bushes. Period.
All you have to do is listen to a show like Cavuto to see what the Establishment GOP wants. People like Gasperino and some of the big money guests never mention anyone but Jeb and Christie.
As far as all of them are concerned, there are no other choices.
“the Republicans can go down like William Howard Taft in 1912.”
That’s not an especially attractive image.
We were the laughingstock of the world after we elected Reagan. Two terms later, they weren't laughing any more.
Mitt Romney, the polygamous, gaymarriage-imposing
tyrant, and RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE-imposing carpetbagger
will decide for the GOP?
THE GOP remains as evil as the DNC.
“Every single Romney donor we spoke with this week listed the former Florida governor as their top choice ”
Then every single Romney donor they spoke to wants the Republican Party to lose in 2016.
Bush is massively pro-amnesty.
And an idiotic opportunist on education.
Who found a way to implement race quotas without calling them quotas.
No thanks.
I don’t think you have a very good take on most Americans if you think they’d elect Jeb over Hill.
/johnny
I swear the Republican Party has been infiltrated by leftists intent to destroy the party from within.(Just like what is going on in Washington). Jeb Bush has no chance in hell of winning in 2016. I will not vote for him. If a dem wins, so be it-they will be responsible for the downfall of America.
No.
Form a RINO party and let him run on their ticket...
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