Yes, it will work. Bush will get all the money he needs.
Conservatives will have 11 people run, all of them will be underfunded, and each of them and their cadre of supporters will tear down the others because of supposed conservative errors in their resume.
In the meantime, the moderates will decide ahead of time who their real candidate is and all of them support him right out the gate with money, attack ads, newspaper articles, etc., etc., etc..
We will then get to choose between Bush and Clinton, the 2 poor little rich and famous kids whose turn it is to run.
Unless of course we all get behind one candidate with MONEY and organization before the first primary. That's not impossible, and it's probably a good thing that conservatives are an argumentative lot in most things, but in this primary selection season it is how we are manipulated. They use one of our strengths against us.
No, Bush will loose. Just like all the previous GOPe efforts to go to the middle.
Divide and beat is the oldest strategy in the history of the world.