Posted on 06/15/2015 2:24:11 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will launch his presidential campaign Monday in Miami. Much will happen to change the shape of the race between now and November 2016. But given what we know now, I predict that Bush will become the 45th president of the United States. Here are five reasons why:
1. Bush is seeking to grow the Republican Party.
Rather than trying to expand his support among conservative voters, Bush is trying to make inroads with moderate, swing voters. For example, when I've heard Bush talk about his education reforms in Florida, he doesn't just give conservative talking points about expanding families' freedom to choose the school that's best for them. He explains how successful the reforms have been in making Florida's Hispanic, black and low-income students outscore students in other states.
Bush is a true Big Tent Republican. He generally doesn't attack other Republicans, and when he attacks Democrats, he generally avoids the outraged tone that other GOP candidates employ. This will be an attractive feature to the growing share of voters who are fed up with the politics of perpetual outrage. Conservative voters likely won't like his moderate approach to immigration or his support for Common Core. But Bush isn't flip-flopping on those issues; instead, he is working to convince conservatives of his positions while taking his message to moderate voters.
2. He's already in the lead.
Bush leads the RealClearPolitics polling average (although Scott Walker and Marco Rubio are very close behind). His drive to attract moderate voters will expand his base of support. Few others are competing for the same voters, leaving Bush nowhere to go but up.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
“More establishment tripe. However, I’m afraid that our more conservative candidates will cancel themselves out so that like Romney in 2012, Bush ends up being the beneficiary.”
Or Bernie Sanders.
I think if Jeb remains the front runner the Dems will nominate Sanders. He’s not a Bush or a Clinton and that alone will pull millions of votes.
As jessie jerkson once said
Stay OUT DA Bushes!
Is he going to explain why he killed Terri Schiavo?
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As much as I dislike Jeb Bush, he didn’t kill Terri Schiavo.
JEb will lose, millions will stay home because he cares more about Mexican illegals than Americans.
The GOP doesn’t care about American workers, Jeb should run for President of Mexico instead.
All you RINO lurkers...don’t blame Conservatives...BLAME YOURSELVES for voting for LOSERS over and over and over.
I’ll be writing in Palin or Cruz.
Dems are more disciplined nowadays.
If Bush is nominated they'll assume the country hates him as much as they do and that Hillary will be a sure winner, so they'll unite behind her.
There could be a real opening for a non-Bush, non-Clinton third party candidate, though. Not a winner, but maybe a spoiler. Sanders? Feingold?
Missed the biggest reason of all. He is being installed by the worlds rich and powerful who installed Obama before him.
We dont elect the president anymore and we haven’t at least back to Ronald Reagan. Reagan won the last election the shadow government elite failed to control. Every other election since then, they have just installed their crony in the White House. They are laughing at us because it is so easy and because so many of us still think we have any say. We dont.
That’s a bold statement...we’ll see...there’s plenty of campaigning left and let’s not forget about the debates, underestimate Cruz at your own risk.
“If Bush is nominated they’ll assume the country hates him as much as they do and that Hillary will be a sure winner, so they’ll unite behind her.”
Well given just the bits I’ve seen on Yahoo about Sanders drawing crowds and money. I have to think the Dems may be having Clinton fatigue in the same way conservatives are having Bush fatigue.
The way it’s looking I’ll almost certainly have to vote 3rd party again.
That’s why I always thought that his brother - no matter what people think of him - always seemed much more dynamic and fit.
FOX is no friend to conservatives.
Because voters are stupid.
Also if you look at this list your number
would grow substanially I’d guess.
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/candidates.phtml#REP.2
8. Hitlery will be the Bolshecrat nominee.
2. He’s already in the lead.
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I’m calling a big pot of steaming BS on that one.
It’s really a shame when cousins marry...
No no no and no
If so, he’ll do it without my help.
No way
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