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Jeb Bush in the White House? He's considering it
Kingsport Times-News ^ | 03-18-2014 | Michael J. Mishak

Posted on 03/18/2014 2:55:23 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016

Jeb Bush gets the question at just about every public appearance these days: Will you run for president?

The former Florida governor gives a well-worn answer: "I can honestly tell you that I don't know what I'm going to do." It's an answer that won't satisfy the GOP faithful for much longer.

With New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie facing multiple investigations in a political retribution probe, many Republicans see Bush as a potent alternative: a two-term GOP governor who thrived in the nation's largest swing-voting state and could make the party more inclusive.

Friends and advisers say he is seriously considering a presidential run. His busy schedule will do little to quiet speculation.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesnews.net ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016gopprimary; bush; bush2016; bushbegone; florida; jebbush; nobushesclintons; nomorebushes; nomoredynasties; randsconcerntrolls; tpinos
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To: bigbob
But you don’t think like the GOP elitists (fortunately for you). But from their point of view, Jeb is just about ideal. He’s moderate, has paid his dues, brings big money, has the Bush “aura” (or aroma, your choice) ...

He's tired. He bores people. And somebody with is last name doesn't stand a chance of winning.

If nobody else better comes along, I guess Jeb'll do as well as anybody else, but by no stretch of the imagination is he ideal, even for some GOP elite.

21 posted on 03/18/2014 3:14:02 PM PDT by x
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Let me submit the name: General JAMES MATTIS, USMC (Ret.).

He would make a fine C-I-C and POTUS


22 posted on 03/18/2014 3:15:47 PM PDT by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: PaulCruz2016

Well that makes 4 definite primary contenders. Bush, Romney, Christie and Santorum. Anyone like this lineup?


23 posted on 03/18/2014 3:22:11 PM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: castlegreyskull

The Four Boresmen of the Apocalypse?


24 posted on 03/18/2014 3:29:38 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (My citizenship is not here.)
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To: PaulCruz2016

So help me God, I will do as much as I can for ANY conservative who opposes him. So much so that he’ll “reconsider”.

CC


25 posted on 03/18/2014 3:32:29 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: PaulCruz2016

I just got another one of the never-ending appeal letters from the Republican National Committee. I’ll work in the “talk” about Jeb Bush into my next rejection letter, which they obviously will not read—or else they would stop them.


26 posted on 03/18/2014 3:33:48 PM PDT by OldPossum ("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about ITS implications.)
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To: PaulCruz2016
NO!!!
27 posted on 03/18/2014 3:35:58 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: castlegreyskull
Anybody like this lineup?

Let me put it this way: I'm seriously thinking about moving My retirement location from Florida to Belize.

CC

28 posted on 03/18/2014 3:39:06 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: PaulCruz2016

How many times do we have to tell them? NO MORE BUSHES!!!


29 posted on 03/18/2014 3:39:44 PM PDT by jch10 (Election Day, 2014. May be the most important day since Bunker Hill.)
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To: PaulCruz2016

Read my lips. No New Bushes.


30 posted on 03/18/2014 3:45:23 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: PaulCruz2016

The problem with Bush, as well as any other establishment Republican candidate, is that they will view their main job not as rolling back the socialist/liberal agenda, although an establishment figure would do a little of that. No, they would view their main agenda as standing against the “excesses” of the conservatives like Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, etc. This would exacerbate the “civil war” inside the GOP and hold the conservatives up to ridicule.

That is why we must NEVER support a Jeb Bush. It is also why someone like Rick Perry might be the best choice. He LOOKS establishment, but his heart is with the conservatives.


31 posted on 03/18/2014 3:48:38 PM PDT by white_wolf
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To: dfwgator

That’s the problem. It’s not his money.


32 posted on 03/18/2014 3:55:32 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: PaulCruz2016

STAY OUT THE BUSHES!


33 posted on 03/18/2014 4:01:38 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Zippy the a##clown sez..............)
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To: PaulCruz2016

Here’s a dime, Mr. Bush. Go call your mommy and tell her to give up the dream.


34 posted on 03/18/2014 4:04:54 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: PaulCruz2016
Jeb Bush in the White House?

Thread #221.

35 posted on 03/18/2014 4:39:56 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: PaulCruz2016

He’ll never make it there...


36 posted on 03/18/2014 4:41:53 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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To: PaulCruz2016

I believe that Jeb Bush will be the Republican nominee. He is next in line and Christie is not up to it. He and the RNC etc will just hang back while the multiple conservatives eliminate each other with tremendous help from the mSM which will unload to the max on whatever conservative is ahead going into a primary and then he will be the only “viable” candidate left. MSM won’t touch him until after the Nomination.


37 posted on 03/18/2014 5:37:01 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: bigbob

Jeb, like the rest of his ilk, does not want the Presidency, only the Nomination as a suitable recognition of his Value To The Party. Bush I was elected in spite of his desires because he was seen as Reagan Redux. Bush II didn’t seem to actually get interested until the Florida imbroglio. Then he put a little more heart in it for his second term as he didn’t want his presidency to be “rejected.”


38 posted on 03/18/2014 5:41:42 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: castlegreyskull

With that lineup we might as well have the kenyan again or the Clinton Harridan.


39 posted on 03/18/2014 5:43:28 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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To: PaulCruz2016

Jeb, please run as a DINO as a Democrat. You were better as governor than Charlie (Am I a Republican or an independent or a Dem? Yes, I am a Dem) Crist, but not as good as Rick Scott.


40 posted on 03/18/2014 7:40:30 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (2014: The Year of DEAD RINOS)
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