Posted on 10/28/2014 7:53:04 AM PDT by C19fan
It seems increasingly likely that Jeb Bush will run for president. (Even his son is talking up the prospects.) What remains to be seen is whether Jeb Bush can actually win.
A lot of GOP establishment types are excited about a Bush candidacy. But don't expect the grassroots to eagerly embrace a former Florida governor who has made a habit of moderately breaking from conservative orthodoxy on big issues like immigration, or who recently (mildly) singled out Fox News for criticism. As the editor of the Washington Free Beacon said:
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I’m not voting for Jeb Bush.
Jeb and Jon. Identical twins born of different mothers.
That amnesty pimp will never get my vote.
Politics is compromise.
Right now the conservative caucus is powerless in the senate. Within a majority, they are needed to keep the majority in power and in check.
Here's how: Don't run.
As Jesse Jackson said so long ago, “Stay out da Bushes!”
It was so easy to skip George P. when I went to early voting Monday; it was a little harder to skip Cornball, but I did. Otherwise, I voted all “R” and for no Democrats Libertarians, or Greenies.
Jeb is to the left of Romney. He is also running radio ads in spanish here in AZ, for an AMNESTY RINO Republican. Jeb is an enemy!
Jeb was a good governor. So was his brother. Jeb would be the sort of president that his brother was. Or that Mitt would be.
One of them is probably unavoidable as the Nominee. Neither would win the election. Neither wants to be President. They crave the honor of being the Republican Nominee but the Presidency is a drag.
“...moderately breaking from conservative orthodoxy.” ???
Advocating a tax increase of $1 for every $10 in cuts is moderate? And, remember how “cuts” are defined in DC. But, of course, a “tax increase” is defined far differently.
I live in Wyoming so it’s pretty easy to vote (R) all the way down the ticket. And we get our choice between the hard right conservatives and the Tea Party conservatives. Lucky us!!!
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