Posted on 06/28/2013 6:20:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Earlier this year, Jeb Bush told ABC that both his father George H.W. Bush, and brother George W. recommended he run for president in 2016. Mama Barbara Bush is not keen on the idea, declaring in April that “the nation’s probably had enough Bushes.”
But in the constantly shifting equations of potential Republican hopefuls for future president and vice president, the former Florida governor’s name has been tied with another former governor: Sarah Palin.
The pair have now been framed as a “the GOP’s only chance” in the race by American Thinker contributor Michael Sheppard.
“Would Jeb Bush have as good a chance, or better, than any other prospective GOP candidate? Most certainly he might. As a popular governor of Florida, married to a Hispanic, and who garnered a good proportion of the Hispanic vote, Bush would be in a strong position to carry the state,” he says, reasoning that Mr. Bush, as a southern governor, could also hold sway in Virginia and appeal to Iowa evangelicals and centrist voters in New Hampshire.
Should Hillary Clinton emerge as the Democratic candidate, it could also improve Mr. Bush’s “electability”. Then there is the Palin factor, Mr. Sheppard says. She brings ardent fans with her, of course.
“A Jeb Bush/president - Sarah Palin/vice-president ticket covers all the Electoral College, Evangelical, pro-life, centrist-conservative, experienced governorships, male/female bases,” he notes.....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Please...please
Make it stop.
This is the best laugh I’ve had in a week or more.
One, Sarah Palin isn’t playing second fiddle to a fool rino ever again.
Two, having Jeb Bush on the ticket would lead to about ten million Republicans staying home on election night.
Old lady Bush dissed Palin.
Nominating Bush III would look desparate.
Perry,or McConnell? (Va.) would be a disaster.
Try something new. imo
And which brand of Republican is Christie; one on the verge of becoming a Democrat??
As the most popular governor in America, perhaps ever, Palin is not a polarizing politician.
Polarizers govern with 50% plus one (at best), Palin consistently ran with approvals in the 80s, that is a uniter, not a divider.
The only way I’d consider voting Republican is if they first dismantle the system that nominated McCain and Romney.
Otherwise, I guess I’ll have to vote for either the Libertarian or Constitutional parties.
Then go man the ramparts.
Don’t get me wrong, please. I love her. But, trust me, she is very polarizing. You will not get the votes necessary to win in 2016. It is not her fault. It is Tina Fey’s fault and the lame stream media’s fault.
I am sorry, but these are just the facts.
You are laying some cheap talk on too heavy, Reagan was running to win, and lost in 68 and 76, the fact that you guys always use the historical icon Reagan to go after Palin, says it all.
It is always, Reagan and Palin, never Palin and Ford, or Palin and HW Bush, or Palin and Bob Dole, or Palin and McCain, or Palin and Romney.
Palin on the ticket = big fail.
Much rather have Paul.
I would not vote for Jeb Bush is Saint Peter himself were his running mate!
dforest has nothing to work with, and what he is trying flies in the face of the evidence, Palin would be a fund raising machine, that is why she is the most powerful endorsement in American history.
They would have to cut my finger off to push the button on that ticket.
But at least Sarah would the crowd awake before Jeb bored then to death.
oh god...
Still in the denial phase. Let me know when you get to anger in your grieving process over her political career.
Palin will never be President or Vice President. I like her but she's been quayled...it started with McCain's campaign staff and the media took it from there.
Fair? No. But life isn't fair.
Getting to that $2 million figure would be a lot easier with her name than with a Marco Rubio, Krispy Kreme, Mike Huckabee, any Bush or some sad sack Ripon Republican.
Don’t get me wrong, is clearly a unifier, that accounts for approaval as high as 93% as Governor, she almost saved McCain’s campaign in 2008 if he had not shut it down.
Palin is the individual most responsible for creating and leading this conservative movement in America that came out of 2008.
Give Palin 800 million dollars to sell her self through the media noise and she can overcome the attacks the media makes on all republican candidates, well, almost all, they didn’t give Romney the treatment, but he was so incredibly polarizing that he lost to Jimmy Carter on his own.
Don’t get me wrong, is clearly a unifier, that accounts for approaval as high as 93% as Governor, she almost saved McCain’s campaign in 2008 if he had not shut it down.
Palin is the individual most responsible for creating and leading this conservative movement in America that came out of 2008.
Give Palin 800 million dollars to sell her self through the media noise and she can overcome the attacks the media makes on all republican candidates, well, almost all, they didn’t give Romney the treatment, but he was so incredibly polarizing that he lost to Jimmy Carter on his own.
I don’t seem to recall hundreds or thousands of articles, mentions, postings, references and asides about Vice President Quayle five years after he was voted out. If she’s been “Dan Quayled” why is the only political figure who gets more press than Governor Palin the chief executive of the world’s only hyperpower? If you can explain that to me, I’ll agree with you.
She could easily make $200-300 million act like a billion or even a billion and a quarter. That’s why people like you and me raising $10,000 to $50,000 or even a million all over the place would be so important.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.