Posted on 06/17/2014 2:44:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Even before Eric Cantors seismic loss to a political novice backed by the tea party last week, many Republican elders had concluded that Jeb Bush, who really wants to become the third President Bush, wont run in 2016.
The emerging consensus explains why some of these party mandarins have launched a new political boomlet touting the ex-Florida governor: Jeb for Veep.
At first the notion seems a little weird. While a reliable ideological conservative, Bush is a dreaded mainstream Republican. Worse yet for many on the Right, hes a fervent booster of comprehensive immigration reform. That provokes apoplexy among many tea-party faithful and other GOP conservatives.
With Cantors defeat blamed in part on his apparent willingness to entertain a middle ground on immigration, Bush as second banana on a ticket headed by a more conservative Republican would seem to be a nonstarter.
Not so fast, some GOP heavy-hitters maintain.
Jeb would be perfectly acceptable to the base if the Presidential nominee is a proven conservative, said a prominent Republican consultant. If its [New Jersey Gov. Chris] Christie or some moderate, Jeb would be a no go. On the other hand, if a right-wing nominee wanted to make a bow towards the middle and add some Hispanic vote appeal, Jeb would be a good choice.
Legendary political operative Stu Spencer was even more emphatic about Jebs value to a party anxious to attract independents and swing Democrats in 2016.
Jeb could be a safe choice for anybody, said Spencer, who worked for three Republican presidents. He has name ID, a Spanish background, [is] a former governor, and hes conservative.
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No
no. please conservatives, learn the lessons of history.
Astounding stat.
We’re definitely swimming upstream against a demographic wave.
To the GOPe, the term conservative simply means he is willing to cut business taxes, and regulations. Aside from that, they defer to the Democrats.
Could he be worse than Biden?
How about Hillary’s veep?
Great! They’ve reached the “bargaining” phase of acceptance. Just past anger and eventually acceptance.
In other words, there is no one alive who voted for a winning GOP Ticket that did not have a Nixon or Bush listed on that ticket.
That has to be a joke.
If you make your running mate more moderate, your enemies have more incentive to try to take you down
That does not mean that I agree with them on everything, especially THE DEFINING ISSUE FOR traditional GOPers, which is position on amnesty for illegal aliens.
To put it politely, it will be wholly self-defeating for any GOP primary candidate to support, in any version, amnesty for illegal aliens (or "pathway" or "dream" or any other lying euphemism for amnesty for illegal aliens.)
Accordingly, I do not support Jeb for any elected office,
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And here I thought I was trying to mollify them the way they do to me all the time.
Screw that crap in every way shape and form.
Not only no, but 1,000 times no. If he’s even part of another soft-RINO package, my ballot will be a write-in.
I don’t even want to see him in a Cabinet position for fear of his compromise w libs!
Maybe an Ambassador postion somewhere?
Not even member of roadkill cleanup team.
I quit reading where it said he was a reliable conservative.
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Same here. What an idiot.
Does not really matter, though, as the USA will have ceased to exist by 2016, anyway, thanks to Obamugabe’s tsunami of illegal aliens.
No, just old. That's why the writer calls them "party elders."
Stu Spencer's been in politics since at least 1961, maybe longer. A lot has changed since his day.
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