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Jeb Bush Rules Out 2008 White House Run
AP ^ | October 17, 2004 | Yahoo! News

Posted on 10/17/2004 3:04:17 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative

Gov. Jeb Bush said Sunday he will not run for president in 2008 and defended his brother from critics who say the president refuses to acknowledge his mistakes.

The governor also denied a report that he knew of problems with a list of felons to be purged from the state's voter rolls months before it was discarded.

"I'm not going to run for president in 2008. That's not my interest," Bush told ABC's "This Week." "I'm going to finish my term."

Bush said he was not going to think about his next move until after completing his second term in 2006. In an Associated Press survey in August, more than a third of the state's Republican delegates said they favored Bush as the party's presidential candidate in 2008.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2008; bush; jebbush
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To: RealFeminist

Senator Elizabeth Dole. :)


161 posted on 10/17/2004 10:55:47 PM PDT by nonkultur
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To: Lijahsbubbe

Glad to see some of that...he's my Senator and though I was glad to see Wellstone go (not in the manner in which he did, however) I wasn't too thrilled with the former Democrat...though, like Reagan, he says the Dems left him, not the other way around


162 posted on 10/17/2004 10:56:52 PM PDT by RealFeminist
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To: Lijahsbubbe

Because a Jewish president would have every foreign policy action questioned through the prism of Israel. Dual loyalties, etc. It would make life very uncomfortable for conservative Jews - and all Jews. As a Jew, I don't mind having a bible-believing evangelical as President one bit.


163 posted on 10/17/2004 11:03:42 PM PDT by adam_az (Call your State GOP office and volunteer!)
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To: TADSLOS; right way right
Condi Rice.

Not gonna happen. Here's why: There is only one person in the history of the United States of America who won the Presidency in his first electoral victory who hadn't been first credited with victory in a war. That person was Herbert Hoover.

Hillary is smart enough to know that she can't just jump from First Lady to Presidential hopeful. She knew that she'd have to do time as an elected official -- as did Robert F. Kennedy and, to a lesser extent, John Edwards -- before she could possibly be taken seriously.

Right now, I can't think of who would be a formidable challenger to Hilliary, but it will have to be someone who has won an election before. For more on this, check out my 2000 thread, "PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS NOT AN ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION."

164 posted on 10/17/2004 11:17:04 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (FR got Rather and CBS. Drudge got Halperin and ABC. Be afraid, Tom Brokaw -- be very afraid.)
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To: mariabush

Are you THE Maria Bush, Neil's wife?


165 posted on 10/17/2004 11:19:59 PM PDT by Iwo Jima
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To: adam_az
Jews have just lost one of their most loyal,vocal activist, Ed McAteer. A devout Evangelical he did every thing that he possibly could for God's chosen people.
166 posted on 10/17/2004 11:45:33 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: RealFeminist

My point exactly.


167 posted on 10/17/2004 11:48:11 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: West Coast Conservative
Jeb 2016
168 posted on 10/17/2004 11:49:27 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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To: Prime Choice
I like Jeb, but I don't think he's Presidential material. Besides, I'd rather have Tancredo in 2008.

Jeb is smart not to run, because he'd lose. Tancredo not only will not be the nominee in 2008, if he ran it would only be to raise his profile in the House. Colin Powell is a strong possibility. Condi Rice would make a great Veep choice for anyone but Powell. John Kyl is the most able Republican for the job. Talk about gravitas.

169 posted on 10/17/2004 11:50:16 PM PDT by Fatalis (The Libertarian Party is to politics as Esperanto is to linguistics.)
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To: Fatalis; Prime Choice; West Coast Conservative
Colin Powell is a strong possibility.

He's too old! He was born in 1937 so he would be 71 in 2008. He would be almost two years older than Ronald Reagan when he ran for his first term. If he had wanted the job, he would have run in 1996 or 2000.

170 posted on 10/18/2004 12:09:14 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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To: Paleo Conservative
I hope you're right because I'd rather have Kyl. But if Hillary looks strong in 2008 don't rule out Powell.
171 posted on 10/18/2004 12:14:25 AM PDT by Fatalis (The Libertarian Party is to politics as Esperanto is to linguistics.)
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To: Fatalis
I hope you're right because I'd rather have Kyl. But if Hillary looks strong in 2008 don't rule out Powell.

I wouldn't support any senator except those who were former governors for President in 2008. Only two sitting US Senators have ever been elected President of the US. Kerry will not be the third. Traditionally governors of medium to large states have tended to be the most successful candidates. The presidency is an executive position like a governorship not a legislative position like a Senate or House seat. I think Mitt Romney would be in a strong position to run in 2008. He is a conservative governor who has been elected in the most "liberal" state in the US. I think he may be able to hold on to the states Bush carried in 2000 and is going to carry in 2004 while improving Republican chances in northeastern states where the GOP has been weakest in recent presidential elections.

172 posted on 10/18/2004 12:22:37 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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To: areafiftyone
I agree...no candidate is going to meet all our individual needs.....and I don't believe Rudy would go against the 2 amendment....
Right now he's the only one I think could take on that witch in 2008.
173 posted on 10/18/2004 5:02:54 AM PDT by benice (Rudy 2008)
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To: benice

I would definitely vote for Rudy if he ran. I see no one who is good enough to run for president in 2008 as it stands!


174 posted on 10/18/2004 6:42:52 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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To: oceanview
Rudy would win NY, NJ, Connecticut and probably PA too.

But long before that Rudy would lose primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina. He is not conservative enough to win the nomination.

175 posted on 10/18/2004 6:50:54 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
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