Posted on 03/05/2015 11:45:14 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
"......Bush, the son and brother of two former GOP presidents and a strong favorite of businesspeople and other establishment Republicans, was both cheered and booed during his speech at CPAC. He used that platform to defend his more controversial stands on immigration reform and on the Common Core educational standards.
While Walker finished well ahead of Bush in CPAC’s presidential straw poll, 21 percent to 8 percent, Bush is scoring big where it counts a lot more – raising campaign funds in the early going.
Although he has yet to formally announce a candidacy, Bush is on target to raise tens of millions of dollars by the end of March for two political action committees, both called Right to Rise, established in January.
The former governor’s fundraisers have been instructed not to ask donors to give more than $1 million per person this quarter, according to The Washington Post. Bush strategists apparently are concerned that – with so much big money flowing in – the former governor may look beholden to an elite group of donors when he is trying to reach out to grassroots conservatives.
Bush’s spokesperson, Kristy M. Campbell, declined to comment on that issue, The Post reported, while Howard Leach, a veteran GOP fundraiser who recently co-hosted a Bush event in Palm Beach, Florida, confirmed the limit and said, “This campaign is about much more than money. They need substantial funds, but they don’t want the focus to be on money.”
Scott Walker is also doing well on the fundraising front, although he is not in Bush’s league just yet. The governor formed a new political committee last month, Our American Revival, and has assembled an impressive network of contributors in all 50 states.
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"It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the Federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or to the people. All of us need to be reminded that the Federal Government did not create the States; the States created the Federal Government." - President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981
Ah, this makes for an easy choice come Nov ‘16:
If: Jeb
Then: No vote from me.
If: Scott
Then: A vote from me.
Life is simple (not as simple as the Hillabeast’s brain, obviously).
Romney’s war chest and ability to raise money helped him roll over the others in the primary.
Ditto: If the 2016 race ends up being Jeb Bush and Hillary then he’ll win or lose without my vote and to hell with the GOP and the moderates. They do not have a right to my vote!
Bush's positions, not his fundraising, shows that he is beholden to elite groups (GOP-e, Chamber of Commerce).
Bush is pro-amnesty, pro-gay "marriage", pro-Common Core.
I don't even consider him to be a republican. He is to the left of John McCain.
True.. BUT... Hillary will be the next President..
And BUBBA will be the "First Rapist" as her consort.. they have friends..
Governor Walker can and will raise the needed funds.
I will never vote for Jeb. NEVER.
Scott Walker Has the Lead
Jeb Bush Has the Money
Democrat __________(to be named at a later date) has the full support of the media.
Nice picture.
Eric Cantor had the money too
Yes, but Romney is a Bircher compared to Bush
A good grass root’s campaign and he will have all the money he needs. The MSM is helping considerably. I heard Scott put a little girls pig tail in the ink well, Come on media run with it.
Agree completely. However,I think of our men & women in uniform fighting for our right to vote, it makes me stop and think. How am I honoring their sacrifice for me, by not voting, ya know?
Just my two cents.
Not so much in 2008 though. In 2012 it was Mitt’s “turn” in the minds of a lot of average Pub voters. I think this year is more like 2008 than 2012. There’s no aura of inevitability about Jeb like there was with Mitt last time.
If ol’ Jeb is foisted upon the voting public, by means of those who think they know better tahn all of us who are raising our voices in his presence now, I’ll vote for the atheist.
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Money. If he were alive, how much money would it take to get Hitler into the prime minister’s seat in Israel.
Money is to election like rocket fuel is to the speed of light. It gets to the point where even doubling or tripling it has very limited impact on your velocity.
They want to force their candidate on us, no matter what.
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