Posted on 01/28/2015 10:35:39 AM PST by C19fan
In the so-called Invisible Primary of 2016, Jeb Bush is the invisible man — and he prefers it that way.
After taking the political world by surprise in early January with the formation of a shiny new political committee, Bush has largely receded from public view, instead putting an acute focus on raising money and building what his growing team of aides describe as a "shock and awe" campaign operation.
Aside from some previously-booked paid speeches, a series of banal postings on Instagram and Twitter and a few random run-ins with scrap-hungry reporters, the former Florida governor seems determined to avoid the traps of the horse race-driven daily news cycle and the expectations game that comes with it.
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According to some Republicans, the Bush committees together are raking in daily sums in the mid-to-high six figures, an intake that should guarantee an impressive showing once the first fundraising quarter concludes in March.
Dauphin Bush playing it right. You and I GOP voters don't count. Its all about getting the Oligarchs behind you. 80% of the GOP primary voters will base their decision on ads and that is where money talks. Look at the people behind his campaign. A Who's Who list of GOPe consultants from Mike Murphy to the guy who ran the Chamber of Commerce's war against the Tea Party. Notice also the PIAPS has kept a low profile She is playing the same exact game. The Oligarchs will have a dream Heads I Win, Tales You Lose POTUS Election: Dauphin fake v. PIAPS.
” Dauphin Bush playing it right. You and I GOP voters don’t count. Its all about getting the Oligarchs behind you. 80% of the GOP primary voters will base their decision on ads and that is where money talks. Look at the people behind his campaign. A Who’s Who list of GOPe consultants from Mike Murphy to the guy who ran the Chamber of Commerce’s war against the Tea Party. “
YOU get it !
B T T T
This is actually the usual GOPe strategy, sneak into office through the side door. Stand for nothing, stay under the radar, hope the voters will either pull the lever for you by accident, or because they hate the other guy more, or because they like your smile. Gesture and nod toward national icons so people will think you think like they think but never commit to anything you can’t get out of later.
Its more like he's the invisible liberal.
If one wants to see a trifecta for GLOBALISTS....
1)Outsource American white collar jobs, and promote unrestricted HB1 visas.
2) Encourage a flood of uneducated, illiterate slobs to jump the border.
Kill manufacturing in the USA with high taxes,one-way trade agreements and insurmountable regulation.
Obama/Jeb one in the same.
A similar strategy worked for Nixon back in 1968. Nixon was moving under the radar for a couple of years, meeting with county chairman groups in various states, shifting the strategy so there would be less dependence on the regions and localities that traditionally voted for the Democrat candidate for President, and collected a large number of donors and allegiances among the influential but largely invisible patrons with the deep pockets.
Then suddenly, when everybody thought Richard Nixon was gone for good, SURPRISE! He’s BAAAACK!
Maybe he’s getting plastic surgery like Hillary, who is similarly off the radar.
I held my nose and voted for sorry Mitt Romney with much distaste last time, but no more. If the loathsome Karl Rove and the rest of them keep shoving these guys down our throats, I'm done.
He should become invisible - PERMANENTLY. NO MORE BUSHES!!!
Remember how this craven dog backed down on Teri Schiavo?
Only CNN was surprised. Those that follow the news were expecting it.
You are correct sir.
But “changing the party from within” will work THIS time. /s
If any of us wants to use the election process to get these oligarchs out of Federal power, the only chance is a third party. Draw Main Street from the GOPe ads by running on a small set of issues, based on Judeo-Christian principles: foreign debt reduction, real currency, border control, homeland (not Eurasian) defense, 10th amendment/states’ rights, and anti-abortion.
Take the heat from the media, but stand on it. Be patient. If it works, it may take a generation.
He shunned the spotlight until the last possible moment. Meanwhile, his opponents overexposed themselves.
She realized she was getting overxposed so she pulled back. But she's already overexposed no matter what. Everyone's sick of seeing her face.
People in Republican primaries, all they really know is to back a third Bush.
In this modern era of social media the less you say the less you make people mad. It’s not a bad campaign strategy, especially 12 months before any votes that matter will be cast. I mean I won’t vote for the guy, but it’s a good strategy.
Bush will be invisible to me during the entire election process...
Sorry Mitt Romney basically tried the same strategy, thinking that the horrible Obama would naturally implode and he would win by default. Oops.
In the general election it’s not such a great strategy. 1 year before the primaries it’s very good. Just look at the debate festival in 2011 and how the GOP had a new leader in the polls after pretty much every debate, because whoever was leading before the debate was the target during the debate. In the circular firing squad that is pre-primary life the nail that sticks up gets hammered.
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