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Jeb Bush is thinking about running for president. Here’s who he talks to about it.
The Washington Post's The Fix ^ | March 25, 2014 | Chris Cillizza

Posted on 03/25/2014 11:17:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Jeb Bush is thinking about running for president in 2016. Like, really thinking about it.

He's the headliner at an event hosted by mega donor Sheldon Adelson in Las Vegas on Thursday. He was actively involved in Rep. David Jolly's special election victory in Florida earlier this month. And he is breaking with his party's orthodoxy on Common Core.

So, as Jeb mulls a bid whose advice does he seek? Who does he trust to give him an unvarnished view of what the race might look like? Well, everyone even close to Jeb insists that he largely keeps his own counsel. (People close to politicians love to insist that no, for real, their guy/gal is not one of those people who is poll-tested and consultant approved at all times.) And they note that there is no formal or organized effort to think about the race or prepare for it. Those caveats aside, there are a handful of people who, in conversations with Jebworld (anything can be made a "world" by the way), quite clearly make up his political inner circle at the moment. If Bush decides to run, this group will almost certainly expand and the people we spoke to were quick to note that the Jeb Bush alumni association is vast and supportive....

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TOPICS: Florida; Nevada; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016gopprimary; bush; bush2016; commoncore; davidjolly; florida; gop; jebbush; lasvegas; miriamadelson; nevada; sheldonadelson
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1 posted on 03/25/2014 11:17:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I would make a better candidate than Jeb Bush.

If he keeps this crap up I'll have to run.
2 posted on 03/25/2014 11:27:43 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If Jeb Bush is the nominee the Demonrats will run against George W. Bush just like they did in 2008, and even in 2012. Come to think of it, the ‘rats will run against GWB no matter who the GOP nominee is in 2016.


3 posted on 03/25/2014 11:31:21 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished)
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To: OneWingedShark

Ill vote for you.


4 posted on 03/25/2014 11:39:48 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jeb talks to the ghost of Terry Schiavo.


5 posted on 03/25/2014 11:47:23 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: DesertRhino

Thank you... I guess I’ll have to start making campaign videos.


6 posted on 03/25/2014 11:49:51 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The first guy Jeb Bush should kick off his campaign is Jeb Bush.


7 posted on 03/26/2014 12:07:40 AM PDT by Bullish (America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Does Dough Boy Jeb want the Oval Office so he can further speed up Mexico Merger?


8 posted on 03/26/2014 12:22:51 AM PDT by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

TERRI. SHIAVO.

Murdered by Jeb Bush.

He was Governor of Florida. She was being murdered in broad daylight, slowly.

He REQUESTED others not to kill her. When they ignored him, he cowered under his desk, afraid to carry out his duty—which was to send police and/or troops to save her from her murderers.

Jeb refuses, of course, to acknowledge his cowardice and his guilt.

He is unfit for any public office.


9 posted on 03/26/2014 12:24:27 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: OneWingedShark

Me too


10 posted on 03/26/2014 12:45:23 AM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God! ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: OneWingedShark

Agreed—and I have no idea who you are.


11 posted on 03/26/2014 12:49:56 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: OneWingedShark

I’d vote for you over Jeb on the strength of your tagline alone :-)


12 posted on 03/26/2014 1:25:05 AM PDT by Bobalu (Happiness is a fast ISR)
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To: Bobalu; Lil Flower; 9YearLurker; DesertRhino
I’d vote for you over Jeb on the strength of your tagline alone :-)

:D - Thank you.

Whoo-hoo
It looks like I've got an exponential increase in constituents; if I can keep this up winning the 2016 Presidential elections will be quite doable! ;)

13 posted on 03/26/2014 1:32:55 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The next losing GOP candidate has been chosen.


14 posted on 03/26/2014 1:56:57 AM PDT by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This would be the worst possible choice, just as Romney was last time. Romney invented Obamacare. Jeb has the same last name as a derangement syndrome—and it’s not curable.

The issues are also a problem, but just on the optics we’ve already lost with this guy.


15 posted on 03/26/2014 2:06:14 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: TigersEye
“Jeb talks to the ghost of Terry Schiavo.”

He allowed her to die. I would love to see her case come back to hurt his chances.

16 posted on 03/26/2014 2:20:35 AM PDT by FR_addict
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jeb Bush seriously underestimates the opposition to Common Core amongst conservatives.

It will be a deal-breaker for many voters.


17 posted on 03/26/2014 2:34:17 AM PDT by mountainbunny (Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens” J.R.R. Tolkien)
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To: Arthur McGowan

He also signed the bill earlier that specifically changed the language of the Advanced Directive law in Florida that allowed the state to kill her. Yes, the Florida Congress might have been able to override his veto, but he didn’t even try to make a stand against the repercussions of the bill.


18 posted on 03/26/2014 2:34:20 AM PDT by FR_addict
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Can we add ‘no more Obamas’ to the tee shirt and nip that dynasty at the bud?


19 posted on 03/26/2014 2:43:53 AM PDT by Thidwick
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sheldon Adelson will be backing another loser.


20 posted on 03/26/2014 3:16:18 AM PDT by AdaGray
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