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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He'll skewer himself, IMO.
Rice/Dole 2008
Running in what party?
Tancredo has reached his zenith. He has zero chance of ever being elected to more than a house seat.
I think both of them would be tied but Jeb is definetly the better speaker. Plus he has ties to the Hispanic community which is probably going to determine elections in the near future. So I wouldnt rule him out. I am waiting for George P. I think he has a huge chance of becoming president in about 12-16 years IMHO!
Giulianni was great at the convention, and the nice thing about him is that he is very articulate and argues his positions well, which is something that Bush, despite his great character and principles, is not good at doing. The points of concern with Giuliani are (1) he is not sound on social issues, and (2) he lost in NY to Hillary, so would he lose nationally against her? On the first, I would still support him so long as he didn't do anything to advance the liberal social agenda on abortion and promotion of homosexuality, and would not be adverse to pointing conservative judges.
And one thing I am doing this time is taking note of exactly WHO is standing with George W. Bush in this fight to save this country from the terrorists AND the screaming liberals on the left.
So far, I have quite a list of people I WILL NOT be supporting in 2008, starting with Chuck Hagel and Richard Lugar.
Frist in '08.
What about Bill Owens of Colorado?
He didnt run in NY..:) So I dont know if he would have lost to Hillary or not!
Oh, no......not Liddy; and she is MY senator.
Condi, I love, but I don't think she's interested.
Both these guys dont have a chance to even run in the primaries. Dont know why they would bother. And I am right with you on the fact that they have definetly opened their fat mouths one too many times where they shouldnt have. Of course the MSM was just thrilled to carry their water for them.
Yep. I think Owens is the clearcut favorite for the 2008 nomination at this point. Four years is a long time though...
NO WAY WILL I VOTE FOR HIM FOR PRESIDENT!
Between him and Arnold they'll ban guns and meatgrind babies to no end.
Otherwise, he's ok.
Any other Bushes lurking in the bushes? Time for a fresh breeze to blow through Washington.
Well, you must notice I didn't mention McCain; although I'd like to slap him at times, he has been right besides Bush, defending him on Iraq this entire election season.
That's MAJOR points for me.
Did he make the rounds of the caucuses like Frist, Pataki and Juliani did at the RNC? That is a harbinger of who wants to run in 2008!
Hope so. I'm tired of the Republican Party offering nothing more than Democrat Lite.
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