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Mitt Romney Thinks Ted Cruz Will Destroy Jeb Bush’s Candidacy
Breitbart's Big Government ^ | January 10, 2015 | Dan Riehl

Posted on 01/10/2015 11:42:11 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A tidbit buried at the end of a Romney adviser’s longish rationalization of why Mitt Romney may yet again run for the GOP’s nomination suggests Romney does not think Jeb Bush has what it takes to win the GOP nomination.

BuzzFeed reports:

According to one former adviser, the biggest political question Romney will be considering as he makes his decision is whether Bush will be able to make it to the general election.

“Look, Jeb’s a good guy. I think the governor likes Jeb,” the adviser said. “But Jeb is Common Core, Jeb is immigration, Jeb has been talking about raising taxes recently. Can you imagine Jeb trying to get through a Republican primary? Can you imagine what Ted Cruz is going to do to Jeb Bush? I mean, that’s going to be ugly.”(continued)

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; amnesty; bush; commoncore; immigration; jebbush; romney; tedcruz
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To: corbe; 2ndDivisionVet; Norm Lenhart
You folks have to realize what Mitt can bring to the GOP, with his proven ability to ORGANIZE stuff...

Well, morticians are quite organized as a profession. Mitt can ORGANIZE the embalming of the cadaver known as the GOP after he loses to Hillary in 2016, that's for sure.

81 posted on 01/10/2015 12:56:06 PM PST by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: MtnMan101
Popcorn? Did someone say popcorn?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rthHSISkM7A


82 posted on 01/10/2015 12:56:41 PM PST by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

What would even be better is Cruz one on one with Hillary open mic. open stage no bars hold.


83 posted on 01/10/2015 1:02:39 PM PST by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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To: lostboy61

Yes its so great it has no chance of happening. :-)


84 posted on 01/10/2015 1:04:30 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
So Milt wants to run to prevent Ted Cruz from winning the nomination!

Milt has not interest in winning the election, he just wants to prevent Ted from winning.

Is this what the liberals mean by "cutting off your nose to spite your face"?

85 posted on 01/10/2015 1:10:35 PM PST by Moorings
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To: Moorings
That's Romney's raison d'etre, to keep Conservatives from getting the nomination.
86 posted on 01/10/2015 1:12:31 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And tbats a bad thing


87 posted on 01/10/2015 1:17:21 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Moorings

As Ted Cruz courts Jewish voters, Mitt Romney mulls denying him the nomination
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3242829/posts

Longtime Romney friend: He’s standing by to rescue the party from nominating Ted Cruz
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3242533/posts


88 posted on 01/10/2015 1:18:07 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: dfwgator
Romney will be a placeholder candidate on the republican ticket, so that the democrat can win - just like last time.

Republican voters, if you want Hillary or the fake Cherokee Liz to win, you will support Jeb or Milt.

89 posted on 01/10/2015 1:19:14 PM PST by Moorings
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No Jeb, No Mitt, No Rick, No Mike nononononono! No more crony capitalist, compassionate conservative, RINOs. Nononono. I want a constitutional liberty candidate. I want a fire breathing reincarnation of one of our founding fathers. We are going to need it soon since we are so screwed up as a country. We may not survive anything less. If it splits this country in two then fine. I want personal liberty with small government. I don’t want a big government conservative or liberal. LIBERTY OR NOTHING! Too many here want big government conservatives. Once you make government the answer you lose.


90 posted on 01/10/2015 1:21:54 PM PST by wgmalabama
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To: Moorings

True dat.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.


91 posted on 01/10/2015 1:24:16 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Left wing republicans are ok with losing the election, as long as any conservative does not win it. They are ok with Barry, or Hillary, or Cherokee Liz.

Mitt wants to be a placeholder candidate just like last time, so that the republican ticket does not go to anyone even remotely conservative. If he runs this time, he will once again run a burnt ground campaign to stop conservatives, and then coast through the general.

92 posted on 01/10/2015 1:27:34 PM PST by Moorings
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If this is Mitt’s idea of being crafty, he’s pathetic. He’s as transparent as glass.


93 posted on 01/10/2015 1:35:12 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

No one has seen this FReeper discouraging a Jeb Bush run for the GOP nomination in 2016 here on Free Republic, for this very reason. We need him to be the lone RINO on the stage this go ‘round. He won’t last past the South Carolina Primary.


94 posted on 01/10/2015 1:56:29 PM PST by Din Maker (Governor Susana Cruz in 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Everyone but Jeb, needs Cruz to win Texas.


95 posted on 01/10/2015 1:59:48 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: Sola Veritas; All
Right now Cruz and Huckabee (regardless of what the Huckabee haters here say) meet my standards of acceptance. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OK, Sola Veritas, I'm no Huck "hater" but he has been a terrible disappointment. I think he has cozied up to the GOP Establishment entirely too much. Check out the candidates he endorsed during the 2014 Primaries; Establishment dudes!!! I don't hate him, but, I don't trust "The Huckster".
96 posted on 01/10/2015 2:11:36 PM PST by Din Maker (Governor Susana Cruz in 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
But Jeb is Common Core, Jeb is immigration, Jeb has been talking about...

And Mitt is really into socialized medicine.

97 posted on 01/10/2015 2:31:12 PM PST by arthurus
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To: KC_Lion

Mitt don’t run LOL!


98 posted on 01/10/2015 2:42:25 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No candidate can win a presidential nomination or the presidency itself if his wife has a top-level job on Wall Street, as Ted Cruz’s wife does.

And it’s unlikely that a candidate with virtually 100% name recognition among Republicans can win the 2016 presidential nomination if he’s only being supported by 5.5% of Republican voters in the latest polls, as Ted Cruz is.

By contrast, among Conservative candidates, Scott Walker and Ben Carson, who have been under the radar, are each receiving 8% support and neither one’s wife is earning million-dollar bonuses for helping Goldman Sachs work its selfish machinations through the American and global banking systems.

If we want a Conservative to win the 2016 Republican presidential nomination instead of Mitt Romney or Jeb Bush, shouldn’t we be getting behind someone who can win, like Scott Walker or Ben Carson, instead of the inevitably doomed Ted Cruz?

Carson/Rubio 2016


99 posted on 01/10/2015 2:44:13 PM PST by Bluestocking
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To: Jim Robinson

100 posted on 01/10/2015 2:46:39 PM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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