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UVA's 'Crystal Ball': Jeb Bush Top GOP 2016 Presidential Contender
Big Government ^ | March 20, 2014 | Tony Lee

Posted on 03/20/2014 10:52:13 PM PDT by This Just In

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has not made any formal moves to indicate he will run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, but he is already rated as the top contender by one university, even though he does not lead in any preliminary presidential polls.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2014election; 2016election; election2014; election2016; florida; jebbush; marcorubio
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1 posted on 03/20/2014 10:52:13 PM PDT by This Just In
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From the article:

“We now consider Bush the leader of the field if he decides to run,” the University of Virginia Center for Politics’s “Crystal Ball” concluded after updating its 2016 ratings.”

And I’m sure UV is not a liberal university. /s


2 posted on 03/20/2014 10:55:10 PM PDT by This Just In
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I wonder how much the Bush family paid Larry Sabato to push this crap.


3 posted on 03/20/2014 10:57:25 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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Anything’s possible.


4 posted on 03/20/2014 11:02:01 PM PDT by This Just In
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I think I am hallucinating. I am not really typing right now. This is just a bad dream.


5 posted on 03/20/2014 11:02:02 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (My citizenship is not here.)
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If Jeb Bush becomes the nominee we can officially declare America a 3rd world country. Two families ruling a country or having the opportunity to rule it for 7/8 elections rarely happens in 3rd world countries. Get ready to say president Hillary, Chelsea or Jenna in the near future. Only a thoroughly corrupt political process can we even imagine it. Even if one of the Bush’s is uber conservative it doesn’t change the conclusion.


6 posted on 03/20/2014 11:02:40 PM PDT by raj bhatia
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I think I’ll take what you’re hallucinating on.


7 posted on 03/20/2014 11:03:46 PM PDT by This Just In
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Let me be the first to say we don't need anymore Bushes in office.

(Barbara's actual sentiment.)

8 posted on 03/20/2014 11:04:33 PM PDT by Slyfox (When Jesus sees a momma holding her little baby, it reminds him of his own momma.)
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These people are selling crap. It's all "chatter". In other words BS.

CNN/ORC International survey

Rand Paul . . . . . 16    
Paul Ryan . . . . . 15   
Rick Perry  . . . . 11   
Mike Huckabee . . . 10    
Jeb Bush  . . . . .  9   
Chris Christie  . .  8   
Ted Cruz  . . . . .  8   
Marco Rubio . . . .  5    
Rick Santorum . . .  3   
other/no opinion  . 15  
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/16/cnn-poll-rand-paul-goes-where-his-father-never-went/
9 posted on 03/20/2014 11:06:03 PM PDT by Ray76 (Profit from the mistakes of others, you'll never live long enough to make them all yourself.)
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Bush isn’t going to draw the conservative vote. I doubt he’ll attract the undecided either.


10 posted on 03/20/2014 11:08:22 PM PDT by This Just In
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They’re projecting, although I do believe Jeb is considering a presidential bid. Click here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3135057/posts


11 posted on 03/20/2014 11:15:08 PM PDT by This Just In
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Not the point. How many lemmings would it take to vote in Jeb as a nominee? In a fractured primary process, a small number. What does it say about a political process that the genius is seen by voters to reside exclusively in 2 families? If Jeb signed on to every conservative position espoused in this board we are still lemmings for buying into family rule.


12 posted on 03/20/2014 11:16:41 PM PDT by raj bhatia
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You can expect that the establishment will huddle together and decide who is to run alone against half a dozen Tea Party candidates. And judging by 2012, the RINO candidate is going to get at least 25% of the ‘moderate’ Republican vote in each of the primary states. We need to amass enough votes behind one candidate to beat that comfortably.


13 posted on 03/20/2014 11:25:34 PM PDT by Corporate Democrat
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Go Sarah go! Go Louie go! Take America back!


14 posted on 03/20/2014 11:29:12 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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Not necessarily true. It would depend on the other candidates. With GWB, the field didn’t have much to offer. It was not a question of family rule but of candidates.

However, in this case Jeb’s family is not a benefit but rather than obstacle we will not be able to overcome.


15 posted on 03/20/2014 11:29:21 PM PDT by This Just In
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To: Ray76

BTW, gotta love the “International” survey.


16 posted on 03/20/2014 11:32:47 PM PDT by This Just In
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To: Psalm 144

i won’t be showing to the polls that day but i really am starting to believe the noise we hear about him is being orchestrated.


17 posted on 03/20/2014 11:40:22 PM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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More than projecting, selling.


18 posted on 03/20/2014 11:45:17 PM PDT by Ray76 (Profit from the mistakes of others, you'll never live long enough to make them all yourself.)
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Well the whole point of projecting in this case is to sell.


19 posted on 03/20/2014 11:50:45 PM PDT by This Just In
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So they predict the GOP loses again


20 posted on 03/20/2014 11:55:06 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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