Posted on 02/19/2015 6:37:25 AM PST by cotton1706
On the same Chicago trip where he gave his “I am my own man” foreign policy speech, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was set to raise “north of $4 million.”
That’s in one day.
Jeb Bush’s team denied reports they planned to raise $100 million in the first quarter to scare other potential candidates out of the 2016 Republican primaries. But there is no denying that they are raising money and snapping up staff at a fevered clip. They seem to have only gathered steam since muscling Mitt Romney out of the presidential race.
Now Jeb is setting himself up nicely to be the Republican Party’s inevitable nominee, according to the conventional wisdom.
Don’t believe it. Jeb Bush certainly can win, but he’s arguably the weakest Republican frontrunner since Nelson Rockfeller in 1964 — the year Barry Goldwater won the nomination.
The latest CNN poll of national Republican voters doesn’t even have Bush in first place. Mike Huckabee leads with 17 percent of the vote, Bush is in second at 12 percent, Scott Walker and Rand Paul each get 11 percent and Ben Carson takes 9 percent.
Jeb Bush is essentially a rounding error away from Ben Carson.
Obviously, the state-level polling in the early caucuses and primaries is more important the national polling. It just doesn’t look much different. Bush has a three-point lead in the NBC/Marist poll of New Hampshire and is a point behind Huckabee in their Iowa survey.
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Mitt McDole
Well the Daily Caller hit this nail on the head. Jeb Bush vs a registered Democrat in the general election. Would you rather have Democrat lite when you can have the real thing? I think not.
Jeb Bush can’t WIN!!!
1. His last name will be a huge problem for him, yes, even in the primaries.
2. He's not telegenic. Even Romney was better than him.
3. He's not a very good speaker, nor debater.
4. His positions have been more democrat than most RINOs.
5. His positions will not sit well with most of those who vote in the primaries.
6. Democrats will have their own fight, and won't cross over to vote for him in the primaries.
7. Like Romney, he's not particularly likable.
He's got problems, but you won't hear them from the MSM. Unless he wins the nomination.......
Like an old rug...
Not only CAN Jeb be beaten, he WILL be beaten. If not by the conservative base in the primaries, then by Hillary in the general.
Befoe all is said and done... Jeb Bush will BEAT himself.
Ted Cruz 2016!
Jebby is a loser.
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