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Romney, Jeb 'Loom Larger Than The Rest'
US News & World Report's The Run 2016 Blog ^ | October 27, 2014 | David Catanese

Posted on 10/29/2014 9:42:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Former Republican Govs. Mitt Romney, right, and Jeb Bush are formidable presidential contenders, says Bill Weld.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld says Mitt Romney or Jeb Bush would be the GOP's best option for winning back the White House in 2016.

In an interview with U.S. News, Weld name-checked the pair as the potential candidates who "loom larger than the rest of the competition."

“I like them both very much," Weld said in a response to a question about his presidential preference. "I'm not saying Scott Walker or Marco Rubio couldn't find a voice. But Romney and Bush seem bigger, loom larger."

Weld's comments come just as Bush's son, George P. Bush, stoked more speculation about his father's political plans on Sunday. He told ABC News Jeb Bush is "giving this a serious thought in moving forward."

Weld, who was a finance chair for Romney's prior two presidential bids, says be believes Bush appears to be moving in the direction of a campaign, pointing to former President George W. Bush's comments earlier this month, saying his brother wants to be president.

"I don't think that sort of thing happens by accident," Weld says....

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016; bush; gop; romney
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Putting their positive and negative attributes aside, I really don’t think many people have an appetite for the same old, same old this time around.

We’ve been fundamentally transformed and we don’t much like it. We want freedom, liberty, private property, privacy, and normalcy restored. We want a government that respects our heritage and the Constitution.


21 posted on 10/29/2014 9:55:30 PM PDT by Paulie (Get off the grid.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

22 posted on 10/29/2014 9:55:37 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: lee martell

LOL. You are dating yourself with that.

These choices loom large in the dreams of liberals.


23 posted on 10/29/2014 9:55:39 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: jimpick

“I will not vote for either. If they are the choice I will just assume that the GOP does not want my vote.”

I don’t see why anyone would vote for either of them... We’ll just have to see how it plays out. I’m sure there will be other choices.


24 posted on 10/29/2014 9:56:05 PM PDT by babygene
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To: hinckley buzzard

I cannot believe anybody would be promoting Jeb Bush.


25 posted on 10/29/2014 9:56:06 PM PDT by Bettyprob
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To: MNDude

LOL


26 posted on 10/29/2014 9:56:14 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well I see they’re once again attempting to shove throw up candidates as the “lead” candidates...who they speaking for????


27 posted on 10/29/2014 9:56:31 PM PDT by caww
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To: boycott

“The bush name already has too high a negative.”

Not with the elites he doesn’t.


28 posted on 10/29/2014 9:57:42 PM PDT by Paulie (Get off the grid.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is nothing more than the USUAL attempt by the LEFT to choose our candidate for us.

Don’t even let this bother you .. the dems will always think we’re too stupid to figure this out ourselves.

You see, this is what happens when you (the dems) assume your opponent (the repubs) are more stupid than you are .. you’ll end up looking like the stupid person yourself.


29 posted on 10/29/2014 10:00:31 PM PDT by CyberAnt (True the Vote: " MY AMERICA, ... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
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To: CyberAnt

No Romney NO Jeb Bush...good grief....are no real men willing to run?


30 posted on 10/29/2014 10:01:19 PM PDT by Kackikat (Two wrongs do NOT make a right.... unless you are a Democrat!)
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To: Paulie

The whole 1% elite is not going to get anyone elected...lol


31 posted on 10/29/2014 10:03:11 PM PDT by Kackikat (Two wrongs do NOT make a right.... unless you are a Democrat!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nope.

Fk them and the horse they rode in on ...


32 posted on 10/29/2014 10:03:33 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: boycott
Jeb was a better and more conservative governor than W. Jeb was also very pro-gun while he was in office. I do hate that he has fallen into the common core lineup. That will totally kill any remaining vestige of education we have in this country. I see that it is happening already.
33 posted on 10/29/2014 10:06:24 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Stand up and be counted... OR LINE UP AND BE NUMBERED...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

34 posted on 10/29/2014 10:07:46 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (GOP = The Whig Party)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Former Mass (uber liberal) Gov. Bill Weld says............"

That was left off the subject line or I would have ditched the article without even bothering to read past the header.

That guy (Weld) makes RINOs seem downright conservative!

35 posted on 10/29/2014 10:08:23 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So the GOP is contemplating suicide? Too bad.


36 posted on 10/29/2014 10:08:55 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Weld, Bush, Romney...all from the same mold...New England fatcat liberals.


37 posted on 10/29/2014 10:09:16 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In all that is holy, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


38 posted on 10/29/2014 10:22:06 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: CyberAnt

They might be looking stupid but winning 2008 AND 2012 amid scandals to make Obama look stupid and we still lost with a RINO like Romeny and people would consider voting for him again?


39 posted on 10/29/2014 10:26:46 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: ExSoldier

And he thinks illegals crossing our borders are an act of love. Never forget that and his Mexican woman friend


40 posted on 10/29/2014 10:28:30 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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