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Can Jeb Bush become a top Republican contender? Maybe...
McClatchyDC ^ | 11/25/15 | DAVID LIGHTMAN

Posted on 11/25/2015 3:18:36 PM PST by jimbo123

Sure, Jeb Bush can become a leading Republican presidential candidate. It's gonna be tough, but hardly impossible.

More and more, voters want someone with government experience and sound political judgment. As election days get closer, they'll seek more depth and nuance about issues. And Bush and his backers also bring a huge pile of campaign cash and a proven network of insiders well-schooled in politics and policy.

Bush remains a long-shot, and polls still show him mired deep in single digits. The good news? "You're seeing a little of that (some gains) now," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, which surveys in New Hampshire, the nation's first primary state.

But, he added, "I don't think it's because of anything he's doing." In the wake of the Nov. 13 Paris terrorist attacks, voters are looking more for a candidate with policy know-how.

(Excerpt) Read more at mcclatchydc.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: jimbo123
Only if when Jeb is driving home from the kids' table debate he hears on the news about a satellite crashing into the main debate's stage leaving no survivors.
41 posted on 11/25/2015 5:02:29 PM PST by KarlInOhio (CNBC = Clowns Neutered By Cruz)
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To: jimbo123

No!

ALL of the other candidates could DIE in the morning and Jeb couldn’t get the nomination.


42 posted on 11/25/2015 5:18:26 PM PST by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: jimbo123

Jeb is staying in this race because the GOPe still intends to install him whether we like it or not.

They aren’t giving up.


43 posted on 11/25/2015 5:29:20 PM PST by dforest
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He’ll need to parachute into Syria and rescue a downed Russian pilot by himself. :)


44 posted on 11/25/2015 5:30:26 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: digger48

I don’t think we are that inept.


45 posted on 11/25/2015 5:39:37 PM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: dforest

Do the party by-laws allow that? I thought the loser elites tried to control the outcome using dim cross-over voters. I don’t think the party can just throw out primary results.


46 posted on 11/25/2015 5:53:10 PM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: Nuc 1.1

They have it rigged by apportioning of the delegates and super delegates.


47 posted on 11/25/2015 5:57:22 PM PST by dforest
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48 posted on 11/25/2015 7:40:40 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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“I’m thinking about growing my peter out some, too, “

LOL


49 posted on 11/25/2015 7:41:49 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: jimbo123

Can pigs fly? Maybe.


50 posted on 11/25/2015 7:48:41 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: jimbo123

I would say that Jeb B. has no chance to become the GOP nominee. But I said the same thing about John McCain who came across as a nut case. He fumbled the debates and media questions, talked to himself, appeared feeble, and almost anybody could tell he wasn’t going to win against either Hillary or Obama.


51 posted on 11/25/2015 7:57:46 PM PST by apocalypto
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jeb’s plan was for a low turnout election against hillary where hillary’s turnout would be even lower than his turnout.

this only works if there’s no one to fire up the base.

a couple of people have showed up to fire up the base.

this is a problem for bush that he can’t resolve.


52 posted on 11/25/2015 9:08:03 PM PST by ckilmer (q)
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It’s funny, Jeb is at 4% and has a chance. Trump at 38% and they cant see him winning. One of the many reasons I like Trump is that every establishment is against him.


53 posted on 11/25/2015 9:23:37 PM PST by pangaea6
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Not in a million years is sombrero boy making a comeback.


54 posted on 11/25/2015 9:24:41 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: jimbo123

Too late for Bush. Show’s over!


55 posted on 11/25/2015 9:46:26 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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DRUGS! That’s the only reason anyone would think Yeb can get the nomination.


56 posted on 11/26/2015 6:03:03 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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