[caligatrux]

Who writes this drivel???

I'll tell you who writes it: Democrats who know that making Jeb Bush the GOP candidate will all but guarantee a victory for Clinton. The GOP base will sit out the election, just like with Romney, and Clinton will win.

There will be tons of Democrat voters in the first few GOP primaries to assure Jeb Bush is the nominee and seal defeat for the Republicans.

[ek_hornbeck]

I'll tell you who writes it: Democrats who know that making Jeb Bush the GOP candidate will all but guarantee a victory for Clinton. The GOP base will sit out the election, just like with Romney, and Clinton will win.

Candidates like McCain, Christie, Bush, etc. serve two purposes for liberals. First, as you say, there's the hope that conservatives sit out the election and hand it to the Democrat. But even if they don't, a liberal Republican will get elected, somebody who may not give the Left 100% of what it wants but will at least give them 80-90% behind all the rhetoric.

So having Jeb on the ticket is a win-win scenario for the Left.