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The 'Jeb Bush Comeback' Narrative Arrives Ahead of Schedule
New York Magazine ^
| 12/28/15
| Ed Kilgore
Posted on 12/28/2015 1:10:06 PM PST by jimbo123
You knew it was coming at some point before actual voters put paid to it. But a "Jeb Bush comeback" narrative arrived ahead of schedule today with a Michael Brendan Dougherty column at The Week making the case that the former Florida governor is positioned to take a big leap from the political intensive care unit to the GOP presidential nomination.
Dougherty's case boils down to three points: First, Marco Rubio ain't exactly setting the world on fire as the presumed successor to Jeb as the Establishment Republican favorite. Second, Jeb's super-pac has an awful lot of money. And third, John McCain pulled off this sort of comeback in 2008.
Unfortunately for Jeb, all three arguments are shaky at best.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amnestypimp; bush; deportjebbush; designatedloser; gope; loser; terrischaivo
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To: sparklite2
Luckily for Jeb!, a 5% polling result will earn him the “Comeback Kid!” moniker.
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posted on
12/28/2015 2:10:56 PM PST
by
alstewartfan
(If I should live to be seven, I might forget Stephanie! Al Stewart)
To: Yaelle
. . . Another possible laughing / choking hazard coming your way.
It's a 44-second YouTube of Jeb! at a small gathering where he explains the "secret of my strength".
It got me and a lot of people at the meeting laughing.
But what's funny is not the "secret" itself, but how it reveals it. See if you agree.
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posted on
12/28/2015 2:11:07 PM PST
by
poconopundit
(When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
To: dragnet2
To know, know, know him
is to loathe, loathe, loathe him,
and I do and I do and I do.
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posted on
12/28/2015 2:18:04 PM PST
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: poconopundit
Baby Jesus? Oh, from the Mexican cake where they put all the baby Jesus trinkets/choking hazards..
To: jimbo123
Comeback?
He never was here to come back to!.......................
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posted on
12/28/2015 2:25:37 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: jimbo123
Comeback? Go away.
46
posted on
12/28/2015 2:28:18 PM PST
by
ConservingFreedom
(a "guest worker" is a stateless person with no ties to any community, only to his paymaster)
To: poconopundit
To: poconopundit
Wow, that was cringe-inducing and distressing, while at the same time pitiful.
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posted on
12/28/2015 2:33:45 PM PST
by
nwrep
To: poconopundit
Another room with Jeb supporters stacked 2, 3 and 4 deep!
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posted on
12/28/2015 2:41:36 PM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
To: jimbo123
He.
Carries.
Baby.
Jesus.
In.
His.
Pocket.
OMFG
50
posted on
12/28/2015 2:43:15 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(It has gotten to the point where any report from standard news outlets must be fact-checked.)
To: jimbo123
...the former Florida governor is positioned to take a big leap...***********************
In front of a speeding train? Be still, my heart.
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posted on
12/28/2015 2:44:04 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: jimbo123
I’m sure Jeb is a fine person on a human level. But I’m absolutely not voting for him for President. I’ll write in Cruz if necessary.
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posted on
12/28/2015 2:48:27 PM PST
by
PLMerite
(The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: jimbo123
When your poll support is less than the margin of error, there is literally nowhere to go but up.
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posted on
12/28/2015 2:48:52 PM PST
by
samtheman
(Only Trump can beat the Saudi-funded Fraud Machine in the general election.)
To: COUNTrecount
We need to remember that dust-writing quote, just in case Jeb tries to burn through some campaign cash with a bus tour.
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:00:51 PM PST
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: jimbo123
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:18:07 PM PST
by
JPG
(What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
To: Fido969
Jennifer Annisten was super cute in that movie. She needs to be out there campaigning for The Donald
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:23:31 PM PST
by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: JPG
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:33:24 PM PST
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:36:45 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
To: jimbo123
Love the authentic Mexican molcajete hat - a must-have bowl for moles, salsa, fresh guacamole and Hispandering!
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posted on
12/28/2015 3:40:53 PM PST
by
CreviceTool
(A Good Samaritan with a handgun saved my life...)
To: jimbo123
Give me Victory,
or Give me Bush.
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posted on
12/28/2015 4:08:32 PM PST
by
West Texas Chuck
(OBAMA: Fundamentally Twerking America)
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