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Jeb Bush has become the GOP front-runner for 2016 — so now what?
Washington Post ^ | January 31, 2015 | Karen Tumulty and Matea Gold

Posted on 02/01/2015 9:41:50 AM PST by C19fan

Mitt Romney’s decision to forgo a third try at the White House has settled the question of whether the 2016 GOP presidential field has a front-runner — bestowing a coveted status on former Florida governor Jeb Bush that also raises new challenges and perils.

Republicans have a tradition of picking an anointed one early. That establishment candidate almost always ends up with the nomination, although not without a fight and some speed bumps along the way.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; bush; potus
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Izvestia on the Potomac has spoken.
1 posted on 02/01/2015 9:41:51 AM PST by C19fan
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Jeb Bush murdered Terri Schiavo.

This is totally disqualifying.


2 posted on 02/01/2015 9:47:16 AM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: C19fan

He will NEVER get a vote from me—a life long Republican at age 75.


3 posted on 02/01/2015 9:47:17 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: C19fan

Yeah really, WaPo neo-marxist circle jerk came up with that one.

It`s Scott Walker.


4 posted on 02/01/2015 9:47:22 AM PST by Para-Ord.45 (Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: C19fan

The GOPe forgot to inform the polls. Walker is leading in the last polls.

The e in GOPe stands for excrement.


5 posted on 02/01/2015 9:47:43 AM PST by savedbygrace (But God!)
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To: C19fan

6 posted on 02/01/2015 9:48:23 AM PST by EEGator
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Sure, in liberal democraps minds, jeb is the front runner.


7 posted on 02/01/2015 9:48:49 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: C19fan

No he is not


8 posted on 02/01/2015 9:48:50 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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The GOPe forgot to inform the polls. Walker is leading in the last polls.

Yeah, a poll in Iowa. Bush is leading in all the national polls.

9 posted on 02/01/2015 9:49:14 AM PST by Drew68
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Jeb Bush has become the GOP front-runner for 2016 — so now what?

Ignore the MSM's polls and support Conservatives anyway.

10 posted on 02/01/2015 9:50:20 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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Nothing surprising if he did lead as the eGOP is very left-wing and so is Jeb.


11 posted on 02/01/2015 9:50:28 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: C19fan

Umm... It’s 2 years out.


12 posted on 02/01/2015 9:50:44 AM PST by mylife
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To: Drew68

You mean in all push polls.


13 posted on 02/01/2015 9:51:25 AM PST by Mechanicos (Nothing's so small it can't be blown out of proportion.)
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To: ridesthemiles

Stay out of the bushes.


14 posted on 02/01/2015 9:52:21 AM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/george-p-bush/george-p-bush-stalking-758409


15 posted on 02/01/2015 9:52:37 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: savedbygrace

Guess that depends upon which last polls you looked at.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html


16 posted on 02/01/2015 9:52:47 AM PST by deport
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To: Para-Ord.45

That is what my 23 year old son says.
Scott Walker.


17 posted on 02/01/2015 9:53:01 AM PST by mylife
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-drug-problems-for-noelle-bush/


18 posted on 02/01/2015 9:53:38 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: EEGator

Jim Jones? Koolade?


19 posted on 02/01/2015 9:54:13 AM PST by mylife
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http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9373195/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/florida-gov-jeb-bushs-son-arrested/#.VM3_-ygQdFo


20 posted on 02/01/2015 9:54:49 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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