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Hints of Rivalry Surface as Rubio and Bush Weigh 2016 Presidential Bids
The Hill ^ | 01/27/13 01:30 PM ET | By Alexander Bolton

Posted on 01/27/2013 3:24:02 PM PST by drewh

Rubio staked his marker in the education-reform debate last week when he delivered a speech at the Chamber of Commerce calling for policy changes to improve the skills of the American workforce.

Education is not a high-profile topic in Washington, but some Republicans see it, along with immigration reform, as crucial to winning a key part of the electorate: women voters.

“We need a champion in both areas. We lost the last election at the PTA meeting and the Hispanic chamber of commerce. Jeb Bush wins elections at the PTA meeting and Hispanic chamber,” said Don Gaetz, president of the Florida Senate and a Bush acolyte.

Gaetz said Rubio would not challenge Bush in the presidential primary.

“I don’t think so. Marco Rubio’s political godfather is Jeb Bush. I don’t see any way they run against each other for any office,” he said.

Bush endorsed Rubio in the 2010 Florida Senate race after his opponent, Charlie Crist, dropped out of the GOP to run as an independent.

Bush presented Rubio with a samurai sword after Rubio became speaker of the Florida House in 2006, a gesture interpreted as passing on the mantle of conservative leadership in the state capitol.

John Weaver, a Republican strategist who worked for McCain’s 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns, doubts Bush and Rubio will square off against each other in four years.

“I don’t know if there’s rivalry there yet. You have someone who would be the frontrunner in Bush and you have someone who is very ambitious and in his shadow and wanting to position himself for a run if he could,” he said. “That could cause some friction among staff.

“I don’t sense a rivalry. If Jeb Bush runs, Marco can’t run,” he added.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; florida; jebbush; marcorubio; stayoutdabushes; stayoutdarubios
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To: who knows what evil?; All

Am thinking; I will be here; just not at all convinced there will be a 2016 Election - unless Repubs ‘get smart’ and no holding breath on that one; unless a ‘death wish’ intervenes.


41 posted on 01/27/2013 4:52:50 PM PST by cricket (Too many Libs-at-large. They just need a home; somewhere else. . .far away.)
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To: Fred

Jeb would have to move then. The P and VP can’t both be from the same state. I’m sure they’d find a way, though/ Back in 2000 Cheney set up a residence in WY so he could run with W


42 posted on 01/27/2013 5:09:15 PM PST by jeltz25
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To: gop4lyf

I’d be fine with that although Ted was born in Canada so I don’t know if that would be constitutional. Especially after all the furor over Obama for the GOP to nominate someone indisputably born in a foreign country probably wouldn’t go over too well.

I’d go with Palin and NM Gov Susana Martinez. You get the same opening to hispanics, arguably moreso since Martinez is Mexican and Cruz is Cuban and apparently the majority Mexican hispanics don’t necessarily identify with Cubans. No eligibility issues. You’d have executive experience that Cruz lacks.

Cruz to me would be a great choice for the SC, though


43 posted on 01/27/2013 5:14:20 PM PST by jeltz25
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To: drewh
Jeb Bush has no chance whatsoever of getting enough Repub support to run for Prez. Same goes for Christie. Hell, even I would work against either of those two getting the nomination.

If the Repub "powers that be" don't see that, they're dumber than even I thought they were.

OTOH, this could all just be a push by the "media" to get a lame, weak, loser Repub as the candidate for Hitlery to pulverize in 2016.

44 posted on 01/27/2013 5:24:18 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: GeronL

“Someone please tell me we will have better choices than Rubio-Bush-Christie-etc”

We do. Rand Paul with either Scott Walker or Ken Cuccinelli as VP.


45 posted on 01/27/2013 5:28:03 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: drewh
Jeb Bush should realize that,with or without justification,the Bush “brand” has been destroyed beyond repair by the Rat Party's informational jihad against them...particularly W.Even if Jeb has what it takes to be the finest President in 100 years he wouldn't stand a snowball's chance in hell as the nominee...regardless of who the Rat nominee is.
46 posted on 01/27/2013 5:31:32 PM PST by Gay State Conservative ("Progressives" toss the word "racist" around like chimps toss their feces)
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To: jeffc
Rubio could be good if he can get his conservative credentials together after he has gathered enough "minority" support, which is what I suspect he is doing in these early stages. He needs to get enough support at the grass roots level to run for national office and then turn more conservative after taking office.

If he can get enough Hispanics to realize that conservative policies will actually help them, he could turn the tide against them voting Dem so much.

47 posted on 01/27/2013 5:39:34 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Isn’t Rand Paul saddled with some libertopian views? and his crazy dad too could be a hindrance.


48 posted on 01/27/2013 5:39:51 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

Rand Paul is not Ron Paul.


49 posted on 01/27/2013 5:42:03 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: drewh

With Republican still talking “Bush”, it tells me there’s no changes coming! Glad I went to “No Party” status 20 years ago! But, they still keep calling wanting money! The just don’t get it!


50 posted on 01/27/2013 6:09:25 PM PST by lu shissler (an take his naiv)
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To: jeffc
Obama spent his whole first term blaming all the problems of the world on George W. Bush while the Republican Party said nothing in rebuttal. Romney thought he would win because Obama has done such a bad job with the economy, but Bill Clinton's speech at the Democratic convention may have made the difference, spinning the line that the economy wasn't Obama's fault but Bush's. That might not have worked if the Republicans had not stayed mum for 4 years about what really caused the collapse of 2008.

I don't think anyone named "Bush" can be elected to any national office in the next few decades, and maybe not ever...unless they are obviously not related to the two Bush Presidents.

51 posted on 01/27/2013 6:37:06 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: 353FMG
Sorry Jeb. Your old man queered the deal and your bro stuck a fork in it. You're done.
53 posted on 01/27/2013 6:43:39 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Georgia Girl 2
"Rand Paul is not Ron Paul."

No he's not Georgia Girl, and he IS a natural born citizen, along with Linda Martinez, Sarah Palin, and most of the others whom we think of as conservative. Never forget it was the Democrats, Obama and McCaskill, who tried but failed to pass Senate Bill 2678 in February of 2008, the ‘‘Children of Military 5 Families Natural Born Citizen Act’’, to be able to claim that McCain was a natural born citizen. Nothing about the law has changed since SB 2678 failed. A Supreme Court decision or Constitutional Amendment would be the only way to effect a change, assuming we still pretend to obey the Constitution. Running McCain was a deliberate challenge to our Constitution, and prevented any Republican congressperson from asking about eligibility.

For those low-inforamation voters who still buy the “because it was never defined in the Constitution” line, take a look at the Constitution some time. The Constitution doesn't contain definitions, by design. Language changes over time. To make the Constitution an eternal document, since it is presumed to be a statement of rights granted by god, by nature's law, it must be interpreted in the language and terms as understood by its framers, as explained by Mark Levin in Liberty and Tyranny, p 37, in a letter by Madison.

Yes, Levin won't talk about it. He knows he hasn't the resources to fight charges from a criminal justice department, the same justice department that charged Scooter Libby after having a confession of talks with reporters about Valerie Plame by Richard Armitage in hand, and charged Nathan Deal when Deal had the temerity to ask for some verification of Obama’s eligibility in writing; they dug through old IRS returns and came up with ethics charges, forcing Deal to resign from Congress - he is now Georgia's Governor.

The GOP is crooked enough to take the criticism guaranteed them for throwing a ‘presumed’ election (presumed because they say nothing about the rampant voting fraud which virtually guarantees the numbers, as Stalin said, “To those who count the votes) and get paid by lobbyists who bid for their performances. Rand Paul sounds good to me. His questioning of Hillary and Kerry told us more honestly where he stands than the propaganda from our state-run media.

54 posted on 01/27/2013 7:20:24 PM PST by Spaulding
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To: spodefly

“We should all get used to saying “Madame President” because if this is the best the Republicans can do, Hillary is a certainty.”

Hillary would be almost 70 by the time she took office in 2017, and her health isn’t getting any better.

You may indeed be saying “Madame President” — but to Michelle instead!


55 posted on 01/27/2013 7:28:57 PM PST by Road Glide
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To: drewh

Neither one of these illegal-lovers belong anywhere near and elected office.


56 posted on 01/27/2013 7:36:18 PM PST by Michael Barnes (Obamaa+ Downgrade)
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To: dalereed

Let’s peer into the future... it’s Bush vs Biden. What do you think people will say? Exactly what they did about Romney. “You have to vote for him! Look at the alternative.”

We are fooling ourselves if we think we actually have a choice. It will be decided for us again.


57 posted on 01/27/2013 8:39:34 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Pining_4_TX

I’ll write in mickey Mouse before I would vote for Bush or Rubio or any of the other liberal garbage in the US House or Senate.


58 posted on 01/27/2013 8:59:43 PM PST by dalereed
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To: dalereed

I understand your sentiment, but you know what is going to happen. It will be deja vu all over again, as Yogi Berra said. The primary system is rigged to make sure the Republican establishment gets to decide which squishy RINO is up next.


59 posted on 01/27/2013 9:04:44 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Pining_4_TX

I’ll be 80 by then and don’t give a damn!!


60 posted on 01/27/2013 9:13:59 PM PST by dalereed
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