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Team Jeb Bush Prepares to Hand Ted Cruz the Republican Nomination
Red State ^ | November 10, 2015 | Eric Erickson

Posted on 11/10/2015 2:03:37 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

"As revenge for their 'boy' becoming his own man, Mike Murphy intends to destroy Sen. Marco Rubio."

Here is something you need to know to this morning - Jeb Bush's Super PAC ads have been terrible. They have not helped Jeb Bush at all. In fact, more Republican primary voters say they would never vote for Jeb Bush than say the same about Donald Trump.

Here is something else you should know - Team Bush premised his strategy on keeping Sen. Marco Rubio out of the race. Bush announced early that he intended to run, then stockpiled his Super PAC before having to cut off ties when formally announced, then saw Sen. Marco Rubio still get in. They are bitterly angry at Sen. Marco Rubio because they see his as a young, upstart Hispanic boy ungrateful to his patrician masters and they want to payback their "boy."

For many of Mr. Bush's longest-serving advisers, Mr. Rubio's run is a personal betrayal: Mr. Bush backed Mr. Rubio's bid for House speaker in Florida and persuaded important donors to endorse him for Senate. A few of Mr. Bush's supporters have taken to calling Mr. Rubio "Judas."

Leading this effort for Team Bush is Mike Murphy, who has decided to drop up to $20 million attacking Sen. Marco Rubio for being a conservative pro-lifer.

You read that right. Murphy's genius plan is to go nuclear on Sen. Marco Rubio in states that have a moderate to liberal GOP voter influence and crush Rubio for being pro-life and conservative.

In an attempt to blunt Mr. Rubio's appeal against a Democratic nominee, Mr. Murphy recently showed some Republicans a video portraying Mr. Rubio as too extreme on abortion. A longtime opponent of abortion rights, Mr. Rubio said in a debate in August that he had "never advocated" laws that would allow abortions, even in cases of rape or incest.

Mr. Murphy has privately said to several people that Right to Rise would be ready to devote up to $20 million to fighting Mr. Rubio, according to several people told of the conversations.

The effect of this will be to hand Sen. Ted Cruz the Republican nomination. Cruz is consolidating conservative support and is going to get a huge bounce into the SEC Primary on March 1st where he will have Texas, plus Georgia and other southern states before Rubio and Bush even get to Florida to battle it out. This effort by Murphy will just hurt Rubio in later states with sizable establishment leaning votes when Rubio needs to overcome the early Cruz lead.

Mike Murphy has built a machine to get Jeb Bush elected and cannot get it done. More and more Republican voters have decided they will never, ever support Jeb Bush. The Bush Super PAC ads have done nothing to boost Bush's popularity. As revenge for their "boy" becoming his own man, Mike Murphy intends to destroy Sen. Marco Rubio. If Bush can't get the nomination, they will make sure Sen. Marco Rubio can't either.

Advantage: Sen. Ted Cruz.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; abortion; amnestypimp; amnestypimps; bush; cruz; elections; gangofeight; gope; gopprimary; loser; losers; nomination; rinos; rubio; superpac
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To: C. Edmund Wright
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Absolutely correct!

IF we are to believe this story about Mike Murphy wanting to 'nuke' Rubio, are we also expected to believe that Murphy is so utterly stupid that he would be running his mouth to the likes of Erickson or Erickson's 'sources'?

Dubious at best.

41 posted on 11/10/2015 4:50:31 AM PST by mkjessup (Trump is kicking the ass of the GOPe, RINOs & the media. Don't like him? He must be kicking YOUR ass)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Rico is queer for his Marco dear.


42 posted on 11/10/2015 4:51:32 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: mkjessup

Well, it’s really quite simple.

While it’s over for Jeb, Scott Walker has years ahead to grow and learn and most importantly run again


43 posted on 11/10/2015 4:51:55 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trumping.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; All
For those of us who like Ted Cruz, please PLEASE do not 'like' Ted, or support him, or even say nice things about him.

Rick Perry ___X___

Scott Walker ___X___

Next Victim ________

Know what I mean?
44 posted on 11/10/2015 4:52:43 AM PST by mkjessup (Trump is kicking the ass of the GOPe, RINOs & the media. Don't like him? He must be kicking YOUR ass)
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To: mkjessup

Could it be because the debate is in Wisconsin and Jeb asked?

Maybe Gov Walker can educate Jeb! on how to address the Democratic Party’s hold on education.

Scott Walker has done yoeman’s work on turning back the liberal assault on education in Wisconsin.

Walker fought the Public Sector Unions - powerful teachers’ unions are defanged - local school boards now have control over hiring and are becoming solvent.

Instate Tuition for Illegals was revoked by Gov. Walker as one of the 1st budget items in 2011 (in his first term, only governor who has revoked instate tuition for illegals).

Walker has consistently worked to diminish Tony Evers’ influence, the State Superintendent of Education (an ELECTED office in Wis) who pushes Common Core - School Districts have been advised by the governor that they do not have to use Common Core as State Superintendent Evers tells them to do (Common Core is not federally mandated).

Walker got tenure removed from Wisconsin’s State Constitution.

Walker is a huge homeschooling and charter school advocate.

These are some of the battles that Walker’s won or is still fighting.


45 posted on 11/10/2015 4:54:04 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: mkjessup

So, what does your score card look like?


46 posted on 11/10/2015 4:54:45 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Oh look. Red State Eric is trying to start a meme for his establishment buds.

Whatever.


47 posted on 11/10/2015 4:56:00 AM PST by austinaero
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To: Bratch

Skeptical Dog is a Genius!


48 posted on 11/10/2015 4:57:10 AM PST by austinaero
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To: austinaero

Do you support unions?


49 posted on 11/10/2015 4:57:43 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: austinaero

Do you support government healthcare?


50 posted on 11/10/2015 4:59:40 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Works for me.


51 posted on 11/10/2015 5:04:30 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

If Jeb and the Ruling Class are as convoluted as this claims them to be? Then I have been given my first Christmas gift.

But heck — I have trouble buying it.


52 posted on 11/10/2015 5:04:50 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (The DNC's 2012 Convention actually 'booed' God three times.)
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To: Nextrush
Carson has been doing to boost his candidacy.

Wow, fighting back against baseless smears is now "playing the victim card" in the attack bot vocabulary! Here is a notion, leave out the nonsensical childish jabs at other candidates and make the case FOR your candidate instead. This sort of post is an epic fail on your part.

53 posted on 11/10/2015 5:08:15 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
So, what does your score card look like?

I defer to your far superior kiss-of-death, my political-mortality scorecard could not possibly hold a candle to yours.
54 posted on 11/10/2015 5:12:01 AM PST by mkjessup (Trump is kicking the ass of the GOPe, RINOs & the media. Don't like him? He must be kicking YOUR ass)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
These are some of the battles that Walker’s won or is still fighting.

And he is to be commended for that. No argument there.

The only political miscalculation that Walker has made, was his attempt to become a little frog in a big pond (a national campaign) versus remaining a big frog in a little pond, as in Wisconsin.
55 posted on 11/10/2015 5:14:53 AM PST by mkjessup (Trump is kicking the ass of the GOPe, RINOs & the media. Don't like him? He must be kicking YOUR ass)
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To: mkjessup

Really? Then why the dodge?


56 posted on 11/10/2015 5:16:32 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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At this time in life the average of some of the polls say:

Polling Data

Poll Date
Trump
Carson
Rubio
Cruz
Bush
Paul
Kasich
Fiorina
Huckabee
Christie
Jindal
Santorum
Pataki
Graham
Spread
RCP Average 10/24 - 11/4 24.8 24.4 11.8 9.6 6.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.4 2.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.0 Trump +0.4

57 posted on 11/10/2015 5:16:34 AM PST by deport
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; austinaero
Do you support unions?

Do you support government healthcare?

"Do you like Roman Gladiators?"
~ Captain Oveur (1980)

That last question just seemed to be begging to be asked.
58 posted on 11/10/2015 5:18:36 AM PST by mkjessup (Trump is kicking the ass of the GOPe, RINOs & the media. Don't like him? He must be kicking YOUR ass)
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To: mkjessup

LMAO.


59 posted on 11/10/2015 5:19:07 AM PST by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Really? Then why the dodge?

My Chrysler was in the shop.
60 posted on 11/10/2015 5:19:16 AM PST by mkjessup (Trump is kicking the ass of the GOPe, RINOs & the media. Don't like him? He must be kicking YOUR ass)
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