Posted on 12/10/2015 7:07:38 PM PST by jimbo123
Early on in Jeb Bush's campaign, his advisers, many of them veterans of the 2012 general election campaign, huddled to discuss a vexing concern: Mr. Bush had something of a Mitt Romney problem.
The similarities between the two men were, and remain, unmistakable: Tall and lean. Well-bred sons of political dynasties. Diction harking back to a more genteel era. ("Gosh, darn!" Mr. Romney would exclaim; Mr. Bush chides supporters against sounding like "nervous Nellies.")
Both were personally likable policy aficionados who inspired tremendous loyalty from aides. But like Mr. Romney before him, Mr. Bush has showed difficulty connecting with many voters in a visceral way.
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How many limits are there for reinventing yourself?
I’d mercifully forgotten what a creep Willard is. Yeah, I’d take YEB!!! over Willard.
LOL
“27 General and Admirals support him though.”
American or Mexican? Inquiring minds want to know. BTW just what is a Mexican Admiral? Skipper of a garbage barge?
...in order to best reproduce the missteps.
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