GOP: Jeb can beat Hillary — but he might not make it past primary

The Politico ^ | June 12, 2015 | Katie Glueck

[mrs ippi]

He will not win the primaries except in blue states. Discount any blue state as irrelevant. He is an amnesty loving, tax raising globalist like his daddy and brother and I personally would vote for him ever— I will stay home like last time.

[Joe Boucher]

Hey jeb,
You ain’t a conservative,
I will not vote for you eat pooh. Pal.
You aren’t a real conservative,

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Hard to believe; NBC News provided a Clinton/Bush setup on their nightly news tonight. They must know something...

[Flick Lives]

WHO’S GOT THE BUSH PING LIST NOT.

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Pinging bushes is illegal in 37 states.

[Fungi]

More alacrity and wisdom from Politico. Hey, they're an offshoot of the WA Compost and they are nothing more than Political dung and happy to be so.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Terri Schaivo could not be reached for comment...

[A CA Guy]

Jen is not getting my vote.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Bush versus Clinton. Bah, that’s so early 90s.

Let’s give one of the other 300+ million Americans a chance, yes? Off the top of my head... maybe someone named Cruz?

[Lurkinanloomin]

Jebster is the one candidate who will not beat Hillary.
That’s why they are telling you he can.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I would say to El Jebbe that if he is so interested in the welfare of Mexicans, considers himself one, he should move to Mexico and run for President there. It’s time we had a President interested in the welfare of American citizens for a change.

[SunkenCiv]

Ooh, look, one of Politico's hacks and shills is pretending to analyze the upcoming. Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.

[SunkenCiv]

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Here are the hopefuls, by party, some have declared, there may be some I've forgotten to list, I've boldfaced my two (and only two) favorites and put strikes through the unacceptable candidates (that could grow):

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Pubbies (seven declared, up to four more within a week or so): Ben Carson [declared] Bobby Jindal (gov of LA) Carly Fiorina [declared] Chris Christie (gov of NJ) Donald Trump George Pataki Jeb Bush John Kasich (gov of OH) Lindsey Graham [declared] Marco Rubio [declared] Mike Huckabee [declared] Peter King Rick Perry [declared] Rick Santorum Sarah Palin Scott Walker Ted Cruz [declared] other possible candidates: Brian Sandoval Jim Gilmore Kelly Ayotte Mike Pence Mitch Daniels Nikki Haley (gov of SC) Susana Martinez (gov of NM)

Here are some combos that make sense to me at this time: Ted Cruz, with running mate Donald Trump Ted Cruz, with running mate Carly Fiorina Ted Cruz, with running mate John Kasich Ted Cruz, with running mate Peter King Ted Cruz, with running mate Ben Carson Ted Cruz, with running mate Mike Huckabee Scott Walker, with running mate Susana Martinez Scott Walker, with running mate Marco Rubio Scott Walker, with running mate Brian Sandoval Scott Walker, with running mate Ben Carson Scott Walker, with running mate Nikki Haley Scott Walker, with running mate Carly Fiorina Scott Walker, with running mate Kelly Ayotte Scott Walker, with running mate Peter King

Demwits (4 declared, rest possible or probable): Bernie Sanders (I-VT) [declared] Bill A.K.A. DeBlasio Elizabeth Warren Hillary Clinton [declared] Lincoln Chafee [declared] Martin O'Malley Rand Paul [declared] other possible candidates: Amy Klobuchar Andrew Cuomo Brian Schweitzer Dennis Kucinich Jim Webb Joe Biden Kirsten Gillibrand Mark Warner

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[gwgn02]

Jeb...Hillary...what difference does it make?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Tricky Dick Riordan was a loon. He did zilch for the CA GOP and expected them to hand him the 2002 Gubernatorial nomination on a silver platter. Bob Simon, Jr. fortunately put a stop to that nonsense, but sadly, his spectacular primary upset fizzled going into the fall.

You might remember that when the Recall effort began in earnest the following year, the party establishment and Ah-nold S. went hat in hand to Tricky Dick. Ah-nold was all set to support him 100% down the line until they met face to face and Ah-nold discovered that Dick had a very serious problem... he realized he was utterly senile and couldn’t run a legitimate campaign. With that, Ah-nold himself announced he’d run as a Riordan substitute (left-wing, of course), and you know the rest.

[caww]

We got Jeb...they got Hillary...

Will the real candidates for President stand up!!!

[NotTallTex]

Sound the alarms, ring it loud and clear, NMBNMC, “No More Bushes,No More Clintons!”

[Combat_Liberalism]

I might sluggishly vote for him if he were the nominee, but he won’t be. I can’t see myself as powerless before the specter of a Shrillary presidency. If he were the only hope of avoiding her, I might have to vote for him. Lord, spare me that torture. Democrats I know want Bush nominated because they think he will go down.

[skeeter]

Hey katie, do you realize what you’re implying?

[MS from the OC]

Jeb Bush is the best GOP nominee as far as Hillary is concern:
1. Removes the dynasty label - voters will have a choice of which dynasty only
2. Removes the tea party from participation - they won’t vote for Jeb Bush
3. Removes the hispanic issue - his wife is hispanic, he’s not
4. Allows for all the old tropes - they’ll say Jeb is conducting a war on women, hispanics, blacks...

The Democratic machine will spend whatever they have to in order to crush Walker, Cruz, Rubio, Perry, etc. Then turn a $1B barrage to kill Bush in the general election... And with all that, they might get 51% of the vote...

[Impy]

Sec of State Jones should have been the nominee for CA Governor in 2002.