Posted on 08/21/2015 6:53:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Look out Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, the political world no longer thinks you will be the only real contenders for Florida's March 15 presidential primary. In our latest Florida Insider Poll, nearly 80 percent of the savvy Sunshine state politicos surveyed predict that Donald Trump will be on the ballot as well.
"The Trump bubble is certainly not going to burst as early as many of us expected -- he is here for awhile," lamented one Republican.
Many Republican leaders had expected Trump's candidacy to fizzle out by now, but he continues to lead in most polls. Trump still being in the race by mid-March is not the same thing as Trump winning the Sunshine state race, however. Two thirds of the Florida Insiders predicted Jeb Bush will win Florida's primary and ultimately the Republican nomination too.
"2016 race certainly getting stranger by the day - but only Jeb has the resources & campaign organization to wait out the Trump bubble until in bursts. Trump currently the anti-Bush option - he is allowing no one else to grab that mantle with any certainty - that helps Jeb long term," said one Republican. "End of the day Jeb emerges and wins a very tough fight for the nomination. Followed by an even tougher fight in the fall that will also see him prevail."
This is an unscientific survey of 150 members of Florida's political elite - campaign professionals, lobbyists, recovering politicians, fundraisers, and the like. It reflects the thinking of Florida's political establishment, which is not exactly enamored with Trump.
"Even though many of them are my friends, I will admit that it's fun watching the daily meltdowns from within the consultant class over Teflon Trump's inability to bleed when cut," one Republican confessed....
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More reason to stick with Cruz.
So you are telling us that the GOPe is pulling a Rope-a-Dope, by pretending to being whammed by Trump and Cruz?
Maybe you need to quit Bogartin’ that joint.
Haven’t you noticed, I am the one speaking out against the Roves and Trumps of the world.
Yep. Jeb's got everything he needs. But the votes...
Jeb is a punk and will lose to Trump in the primary. Trump lives in Palm Beach 3-4 months a year for along time so has Florida roots by now
I am the only one speaking out against the ¿Jebs! and the ¿Roves of the world
I've noticed (along with a number of others) that you seem obsessed with Trump to the point that if you heard he had a pimple on his butt when he was 15, you would find a way to slam him for it.
In any normal circumstance I couldn’t care less about what Trump. But right now he is attacking my country.
There are vampires that need attention, not blood.
Oh wow! So we don’t have to even bother with the election because this Fla insider already has the skinny that Jeb will win....cool
This is an unscientific survey of 150 members of Floridas political elite
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It makes me happy that they are unhappy.
The political elite ought to be hunted down like rabid dogs and gassed.
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