Posted on 03/14/2013 12:53:58 PM PDT by jimbo123
There are 23 names on the Conservative Political Action Conference's much watched 2016 GOP presidential nomination straw poll.
And there's one glaring omission: Jeb Bush.
It appears the former two-term Florida governor is the reason his name isn't on the ballot.
"He requested not to be put on the poll this year," an official with the American Conservative Union, the group that puts on CPAC, told CNN.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
I haven’t been to his web site since that episode. Never going back.
I haven’t been to his web site since that episode. Never going back.
The whole Matt Drudge-Matt Rhoades smear-the-conservative arrangement was a disgrace. And now Drudge is supposedly mad at Rhoades for using him to do Romney’s dirty work. And he’s also mad at Rhoades for marrying a (female) Chris Christie operative. It’s all a farce.
Pretty sure Rand Paul should be the straw poll favorite.
His family has a history of performing well at these types of events.
I’m sure you’re right. Paul will win.
I don’t like Jeb Bush. Florida hasn’t been picking very conservative politicians of late. Jeb Bush, Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio are not coservatives.
WTF? Kelly Ayotte? Really? ROFLMAOPIMP!
Sorry...that’s ROTFLMAOPIMP. Kelly Ayotte...who organized this list...McCain and Graham?
If you think Romney didn’t fight Obama, you’re wrong. He did. Many of us have a reasonable opinion that Romney was going to win, but lost in the ground game...there is plenty of evidence for that, possibly even of fraud.
I just tire of the RINO blame game...I fought against Charlie Crist the true RINO when he was governor in my state...but putting the GOP-e or RINO label on every person who is on the right side of the aisle with whom we disagree is tiresome.
I have seen the “traitor” or “coward” or “RINO” label applied to: Sarah Palin, George W Bush, Charles Krauthammer, Newt Gingrich, George Will, Rush Limbaugh...you name the Republican, and I’ll almost guarantee you that an archive search here on FR will find several screeds against them....
As long as we can agree to fight Obama, I am fine with someone. The enemy of my enemy is my friend in a battle....we can disagree about other items later. :)
OMG...didn’t RAND PAUL vote “yes” on John Kerry????? How could ANYONE support him???? < off sarcasm, purist nonsense>
...no more shrubs or clones of shrubs....
...no more shrubs or clones of shrubs....
The idea is absurd. I just saw Rubio’s speech it was great. Paul on now but I give a slight edge to Rubio. We have a long time yet but this cycle has heated up earlier than most.
It’s John Bohinor that keeps giving Obama a pass, but rips conservatives.
Why should she be? Do they need sandwiches?
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