Posted on 12/19/2014 1:25:33 PM PST by Zakeet
Since talking about it on Morning Joe earlier today, a few people have asked me to expound on my theory regarding what Jeb Bush would have to do to overcome the many challenges he would face on his way to the Republican nomination.
It seems clear that Bush is hell-bent on not pandering to the base, so the obvious challenge he will have to overcome is winning a Republican primary while holding some positions (immigration reform, Common Core, etc.) which are anathema to the grassroots conservatives who will comprise a decent chunk of the primary electorate.
The way to overcome this is to do two things: First, he simply cannot lecture the base.
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[T]he other side of the coin is that he cannot back down.
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Then they’re stupid. Our economy is poised to take off. If you just applied commonsense to the regulatory and tax regime, say as draconian as GW Bush’s Presidency, growth would be up around 4%.
Jeb would probably give us a couple more Justice Souters, the WORST lasting result of the Bush I legacy!
The only good thing about Bush II was Alito. Of course, in 10 years, he’ll “evolve” and be a flaming liberal as so many of the rest of them are.
......Revolution calling.
Stupid party playing at stupid again.
Win what? He could win the nomination and would then lose the general election.
What good could Cruz do as VP? John Adams called that job: "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."
If Cruz were take that slot on a ticket with a RINO presidential candidate, I would lose all respect for him.
Why would we fall for this crap again. They put Palin on the ticket and back-stabbed her at every turn!
No more
I oblige his wishes.
His last name alone garners approval polling numbers that fall somewhere between Mumps and Ebola...
Anything else is lunacy.
It's all about the US Supreme Court at this stage in America's Republic.
Well, two years ago I thought it would be krispy kreme, but I think now the msm has officially picked our candidate again.
Here's your special go-to-guy GOP Supreme Court appointment, courtesy of George W. Illegal Alien Never Close the Border BushClinton43president.
Please, noooooooo....
Why are they giving tool Jeb hints? He can thread the needle and stick it up where the sun doesn’t shine for all I care. I’ll never support him, fat RINO.
Not very convincing. Jeb might clear the way for another moderate candidate by attracting all the heat himself, but I can't see this strategy working for Jeb himself. More likely, he'd end up looking like the guy who always attacks more conservative candidates and doesn't lay a glove on liberals (what people said about Romney).
Cruz it or Lose it.
Ditto....
Good luck with that, El Busho.
The ONLY way Conservatives win is to start a second party. Really, first the GOP tolerated Conservatives. Next, they ignored us. Then they pandered to us. Now its open hatred. Jeb comes along and drives us out claiming he can win without Conservatives.
How many times will we be disappointed by what a candidate says and when elected what he does? How much more abuse do we need to get the message that we are not wanted?
The names listed agree on all issues with the Liberals; so why vote for one over the other? Nothing changes. Time to break out of the rut we are in. SECOND PARTY NOW! SECOND PARTY NOW! SECOND PARTY NOW! SECOND PARTY NOW! SECOND PARTY NOW!
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