Followed by Romney, Christie and Huntsman.
Bogus poll.
I honestly can believe people would be enamored with Jeb Bush so much that he’d win these kinds of poll. This is getting past the “name-recognition” stage where as I’ve said before, we have a diet of these kinds of article every few days.
Jeb Bush has not spoken up on issues the way, Cruz clearly has. I hardly know anything about him except the basics, common core and amnesty. I understand Jeb Bush is pro-life too, unfortunately, none of the Bush’s did that much for the pro-life movement in 12 years in the WH. They did some, don’t get me wrong and that is appreciated.
Where’d they take the poll, South Beach?
Rubio is irrelevant...
I know that hysteria is sometimes what we do at FR, but it’s pretty early to be losing it over what national journal thinks of the slate of candidates — none of whom have even declared yet.
Anyone that understands anything about our base and our nominating process knows that the 5 people that wrote that article are clueless about us.
Of the two, I’d prefer Rubio.
Jeb Bush is from one of the most powerful and richest families in America. If Jeb runs (and I think he will) then he will get the nomination. No one can stop him. His campaign plan has been written. It won't be amateurish like Romney. I'm telling you now Freepers...Jeb will be the candidate. I know, we don't want him. But greater powers will prevail.
Wish they may, wish they might, can’t make the rest of us think their handpicks are RIGHT.
Cruz has plenty of successful experience running up against GOPe, starting with TexGOPe.
The only ones I see that are qualified are Cruz and Walker.
Totally principles-free, and without regard to the base of the formerly grand old party.
This is fantasy. Early punditry means squat.
Remember how Hitlery was a shoo-in for 2008? Then the Kenyan Commie showed up.
If there were two circles, Tea Party people and The Base (holy crap, in Arabic that is al Qaeda), how much of an overlap do they have? When moderate Republicans or country club republicans speak, do they think they are the base? Or are we conservatives the base? I don’t even know any more.
From every poll out there I read that only the (marginal, loser) tea party types want Ted Cruz. Even moderate republicans think the Tea Party (which I thought was all constitutional conservatives) is wack.
FreeRepublic has never faltered or altered their stance in the umpteen years it’s been in existence. How far away from us has the “base” of the party gone?
Ted Cruz never gets more than a fraction of the votes in these things. I feel like we are stuck in a bad dream. What do the “base” republicans even want from their government? “Do us like the Dems but be more gentle??”