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Christie Slides, Jeb Bush Rises
National Review ^ | 02/05/2014 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 02/05/2014 5:44:06 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The “Chris Christie for President” moment may already be over.

Former allies are souring on him. His poll strength against Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical matchup has evaporated. Once-friendly media figures like Jimmy Fallon and Bruce Springsteen are mocking him, and their joint parody of “Born to Run” now has more than 4 million views on YouTube.

If Christie’s appointee David Wildstein is telling the truth when he claims evidence exists that proves the governor knew about the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, and if that evidence is made public, then all the “Christie in 2016” talk is moot, because the governor will have great difficulty avoiding impeachment by the Democrat-controlled New Jersey legislature. If Wildstein is lying, Christie still has the headache of explaining why more than one of his trusted associates acted so vindictively and foolishly, and then tried to blame him.

Christie’s difficulties have caused some high-level Republican donors, bundlers, and party officials, as well as grassroots activists, to look around for a second option for 2016. No one is writing Christie off yet, but these people feel that the high stakes of the next presidential election require a backup plan.

The name that is currently highest atop their list is that of Jeb Bush, former two-term governor of Florida and son and brother of presidents.

“I’m deferring the decision until the right time, which is later this year,” Bush told reporters during a tour of a charter school in Miami last week. “The decision will be based on, ‘Can I can do it joyfully?’ Because I think we need to have candidates who can lift our spirits. It’s a pretty pessimistic country right now. And is it right for my family? I don’t even want to think about that until the right time.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; chrischristie; gop; jebbush; nomorebushes; republicans
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1 posted on 02/05/2014 5:44:07 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh darn! —Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy…..


2 posted on 02/05/2014 5:45:19 AM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: SeekAndFind

People keep pimping the one guy with the last name that will be rejected by 80% of the voters. Just because of the dynasty implications.


3 posted on 02/05/2014 5:45:37 AM PST by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: SeekAndFind

New polls show the aging hag winning by thirty points over Jeb Bush. That’s why the Leftist media is pushing that loser forward in these puff pieces. We know how the state-run media has only the best interest of the GOP at heart, don’t we?


4 posted on 02/05/2014 5:46:46 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: SeekAndFind

Stay out the bushes! Are you kidding me? we need another NWO meatstick?


5 posted on 02/05/2014 5:47:07 AM PST by ronnie raygun (zippy the a##clown sez..............................)
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To: SeekAndFind

Jeb Bush. It no longer surprises that this is the best the GOP can do.


6 posted on 02/05/2014 5:47:14 AM PST by skeeter
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To: SeekAndFind
Dear Cheap Labor Sellout Party,

Jeb Bush ain't flyin' with constitutional conservatives. How about stopping the backstabbing and get behind TedCruz/RandPaul as what's best for America? Unless it's not winning you're striving for , that is.

7 posted on 02/05/2014 5:48:05 AM PST by grania
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To: SeekAndFind
Christie perceived the media would treat him differently than any GOP becase he fellated Obama to victory during the beach walk before the last election.

Why do Republicans ever get the delusion that the media will ever give them good press when "push comes to shove"?

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

8 posted on 02/05/2014 5:48:32 AM PST by Lawgvr1955 ( Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: SeekAndFind

Battle of the liberals. I smell it coming, G.O.P.E. nominates yet another stinking liberal, who calls himself a republican. I say we go with Sarah.


9 posted on 02/05/2014 5:48:33 AM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: SeekAndFind

Palin, Cruz or Walker.

Any of the above, in any order, is fine with me.

No more Bushes.


10 posted on 02/05/2014 5:50:06 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network ( http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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To: wiggen
Good point on the Bush name. I have a better chance getting elected Prez than does Jeb Bush. And that isn't saying much.

Only way he could get less votes is change his name to Jeb Edwards.

11 posted on 02/05/2014 5:50:49 AM PST by Lawgvr1955 ( Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: grania

As long as a new world order leftist wins the establishment of both parties are happy.


12 posted on 02/05/2014 5:51:26 AM PST by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

While the base may prefer Palin or Cruz, walker is by far the most electable.


13 posted on 02/05/2014 5:53:00 AM PST by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What is the GOP doing? Pulling names from a list of people LEAST WANTED to run for office?


14 posted on 02/05/2014 5:53:35 AM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Jeb blocked a bridge also.


15 posted on 02/05/2014 5:54:05 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: SeekAndFind
No more Bushes!



Texans be on the alert for another pestilant shrub running for Land Commisioner - Geo. P. Bush.
16 posted on 02/05/2014 5:54:05 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor)
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To: SeekAndFind

Jeb Bush sucks.


17 posted on 02/05/2014 5:55:23 AM PST by b4its2late (A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: SeekAndFind

You can’t fix stupid.


18 posted on 02/05/2014 5:56:04 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare. The "global warming" of healthcare plans.)
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To: basil

Still - the slide of Christie and the rise of Jeb Bush is not an improvement, so far as the Conservative agenda is concerned.

Of course, should she be up to it, Barbara Bush would be more than an intellectual match for Herself, Madame Benghazi, the Cold & Joyless, in an open, free-ranging debate in the Presidential campaign of 2016.

But that is phantasy politics.


19 posted on 02/05/2014 5:56:31 AM PST by alloysteel (Obamacare - Death and Taxes now available online. One-stop shopping at its best!)
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To: txrefugee

That’s why the Leftist media is pushing that loser forward in these puff pieces.

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The MSM is grooming the loser. Blazing a path for his defeat.


20 posted on 02/05/2014 5:56:34 AM PST by Starboard
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