Posted on 02/28/2015 6:26:34 PM PST by cotton1706
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Republican voters rejected former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in the straw poll, as he earned only 8 percent of the vote and came in fifth.
That came as, according to reports and several other campaigns, Bush attempted to rig the straw poll by busing in “supporters” from Washington, D.C., and K Street. So, after subtracting out those his campaign packed into the Gaylord hotel in National Harbor, his support among conservatives is even more smaller than it appears.
Bush faced a round of ridicule from pretty much everyone across the Republican Party, ranging from MSNBC host Joe Scarborough to Sen. Jeff Sessions.
Scarborough told Breitbart News in an interview at CPAC that the GOP nominee in 2016 needs to be a conservative and be able to turn out the conservative base—something that Bush is clearly having issues with. He adds if that doesn’t happen, then the party will lose in the general election.
Sen. Sessions, who at a Breitbart News meet-and-greet rebutted Bush’s support for amnesty right after Bush’s appearance on stage, said that even with all the money Bush is raising he needs to be able to win votes—something Bush showed at CPAC he’s currently unable to do among the Conservative base.
“I’ll tell you one thing: It’s the people of this country that run this country,” Sessions said. “Contributions and supporters are always important in presidential elections and other elections too, but votes trumps money.”
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jebbush is running so he can suck up all the money and deprive other deserving conservative candidates of money. jebbush will stay in the race and use the money to viciously attack conservatives thereby doing the Left’s bidding. So, it doesn’t matter if he is the GOP presidential candidate because the damage will have been done.
If he wins the GOP primary, he will be defeated because the conservative base will not support him, whether or not you think he was a good governor.
If you like sports analogies, just think of jebbush as the guy that drops the ball and loses the game for the Vegas bookies.
If you like jebbush or other rinos such as fatso, good. But just member that this time, the rino establishment types cannot count on much or any conservative support when it comes to money, grass roots efforts or votes.
“Bush attempted to rig the straw poll by busing in “supporters” from Washington, D.C., and K Street. “
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NO, but still he was a very good Governor for my State!!!
Still he was an excellent Governor, the DNC-asses despised!!!
Good. Maybe jebbush should drop out of the prez race and run for gov in the northeast.
I will vote for Ted Cruz.
Your preference of candidate???
And Rand Paul’s ???
You CAN’T !!!
I will vote for whomever I want!!!!!
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