Posted on 11/16/2014 5:44:31 AM PST by Brandonmark
We concede: You're exhausted from the election, the hurricane of attack ads and door knockers. Sick of Rick Scott and Charlie Crist.
But brush it off, the 2016 presidential campaign is upon us, and Florida is in the spotlight like never before. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush are seriously considering entering the race and either would stake a formidable claim to the Republican nomination. They will announce their intentions by early next year.
For Rubio, it's a decision of whether to give up an almost sure shot of re-election. (By Florida law, he can't go for both.) At 43, he has years ahead on the political stage. Bush, 61, would have to surrender the harbor of semi-private life for the grind and glare of a national campaign.
Add in their close relationship and the difficulty of two candidates hailing from Florida, a crucial swing-state reservoir of votes and campaign cash, and things get interesting.
(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...
Jeb can do us a favor and just stay home.
“The 2016 countdown for Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio: Who’s in?”
No...no...
In Florida and I can tell you, I want Scott Walker to run in 2016. Like Cruz too, but think he’s doing the best job right where he is now.
They both may be in but will not win.
No more Bushes. OR Clintons, Kennedys, Obamas, Cuomos, Roosevelts, Adames, McAskills or any other political family “dynasties”.
ENOUGH!
We do not need celebrities leading us, FGS! Let Kardashians, et al remain in Hollywood, not Washington.
Jeb Bush is being pushed at us by the media. He has absolutely “zero” chance of becoming POTUS unless the demodummies vote him in.
I know it’s hard to understand, but the election is over.
Trying to fight a battle that is over is not really a worthy effort.
You’ll get another chance in two years.
Meanwhile think GOPc, conservatives working to get things accomplished. Positive thought will remove the toxins that torment your political soul
Rubio yes,kinda, lil jebbie..NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stuff your GOPe shilling up your smelly Soetoro hole.
I think Rubio would’ve been a slam-dunk for the nomination before he let upChuck Schumer play him like a fiddle. If you’re on the same side as upChuck on anything....you’re discredited.
if he would have went into the immigration thing for a few days...walked out of the meetings, it would have killed the bill ...blowing a bill up and shoving it in the face of Graham and McCain would have made him a hero to conservatives ....but, no he’s an idiot, and most likely worse than that
JEB...stay home...or run as a Democrat. Rubio is good..
you are just plain dumb........ I am of the GOPc, the conservaitve wing of the Republican party that welcomes all conservatives
We are the way forward with the conservative agenda.
we move , act. We don’t just bitch and moan
DEPOPULATE socialists/progressives/marxists/totalitarians/RINOS/republicans/democrats/incumbents/liberals/criminals/liars/POS punks and con men from the body politic.
DEFUND/DISMANTLE their collectives, agencies, departments, ngos, totalitariancare.
You DID build that CONgre$$
Confiscate their assets. Why be their debt slave?
The remaining incumbents need to take notice. The freshmen coming in have a clean slate.
C’mon December & 2016
live - free - republic
So far, we have had threads that X, Y, Z is ahead:
[in no particular order]
Christie
JBush
Rubio
Huckabee
Romney
Carson
... from C to shining C ...
We are in for a long, insufferable election cycle — again. And the invasion of bots posting their candidate propaganda in every thread.
Jeb and Rubio! Jeb and Rubio!
A mantra that should only be repeated by those enacting their “midnight confessions”.
No to Rubio. (whatever word)No to Jeb.
No more dynasties, of any kind, of any family, and (whatever word) no to any misguided ‘divine right’, or ‘it’s my turn now’ ala Mitt!
After these past six years, I’m keeping my choices within the old-fashioned WASP perspective.
Shove it high and hard. This is Free Republic and not GOPe smarmy chat.
I predict neither one of them has a chance to get the nomination.
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