Posted on 12/14/2014 9:42:30 AM PST by Bettyprob
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is doing opposition research on himself and asking Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about how he can potentially win the GOP presidential nomination without conservatives.
Bush, who has said he would make a 2016 decision in "short order," recently said that a candidate must be "willing to lose the primary to win the general [election]." And he has reportedly "begun conducting opposition research on himself to identify any potential issues that could arise" in a potential presidential campaign.
And According to a New York Times report, Bush recently visited McCain, who is often reviled by conservatives, to ask him how to win the nomination without the conservative base. McCain won the 2008 nomination after his campaign almost imploded because of his support for comprehensive amnesty legislation. When McCain teamed up with President George W. Bush and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) to push an unsuccessful comprehensive amnesty bill in 2006, his support dried up, and McCain had to lay off most of his staff and carry his own bags in coach class en route to campaign events in New Hampshire.
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McCain DIDN’T WIN .. why would Jeb Bush want to know how to win from McCain ..?? That’s stupid .. and why I would never vote for Jeb Bush .. because Jeb considers me NOT IMPORTANT.
If Jeb is already not going to listen to anything I believe in .. why in the world would I want him for President ..??
Win the nomination without conservatives? Possible.
Win the general election without conservatives? Impossible.
Sheesh, the blind leading the blind.
[ He could run as a democrat. ]
There it is!
Please Jeb, run as a democrat!
I have an idea for Little Jebbie. Change party affiliation!
WHEN HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED UNLESS YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT?!?
Oh...I get it...
If we Republicans nominate another turd we deserve out fate.
This only proves Jeb is insane.
-to ask a LOSER how to win... and Mclame lost BECAUSE he alienated Conservatives.
We have idiots leading the party. Time for a new one.
Yeh like it worked so well for McStain.
McCain didn’t win without the conservatives... remember Jebbie? What horse hockey in this article. Is this a plant piece?
He did. It isn't about being elected President, it's about making sure the elite keep power.
I wouldn’t ask John McCain for directions to the rest room. He’d probably tell me to go across the aisle.
When u pick a VP, TURN HER LOOSE !
How would McCain know? He was a loser.
If it’s Warren and Hill fighting on the Dem side, he wont be able to depend on crossover Dem votes.
The only thing left is to fund a bunch of fake conservatives to spit our vote.
If Cruz is in, that will not happen.
McCain locked up the conservative vote in the general. As the GOP's amnesty candidate, though, there was little to differentiate him from Obama, except for the fact that he was for the plutocrats who helped cause the 2008 financial meltdown. So the swing voters in the Midwest stayed home, and he lost, big time. Opposing amnesty is a potent issue that can work for the GOP with swing voters, but only if the candidate isn't Romney (i.e. a guy who boasts about reveling in letting people go and talks about the 47%). Great candidate for CFO or CEO. Lousy politician who can't open his mouth without offending large chunks of the electorate. Unforced error after unforced error - there ought be a picture of Romney in the dictionary under the definition of political klutz.
He could have asked someone how to win WITH the conservative vote. For him to not be doing that is a telltale sign.
You don’t win without the conservative vote.
John McInsane proved that fact.
Imagine how terrible McInsane’s defeat would have been if the Palin vote hadn’t showed up.
Getting advice from President McCain? What could go possibly wrong?
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