Posted on 01/08/2016 9:58:52 AM PST by xzins
GOP leaders increasingly see South Carolina as their last best chance to stop Donald Trump's populist political juggernaut.
On Wednesday, influential South Carolina Republican Katon Dawson issued a plea for former President George W. Bush to step into the ring in the Palmetto State's Feb. 20 primary. Bush is quite popular among South Carolina Republicans, and Dawson called his involvement a potential "game changer."
"If {George W. Bush} engages, it will matter for his brother {Jeb Bush}, but really, it will matter for the entire team," Dawson told Bloomberg News.
The Palmetto State appears uniquely positioned this cycle. While it follows Iowa and New Hampshire on the primary calendar, but is already drawing intense attention from candidates and pundits alike.
The pro-Jeb Bush Right to Rise PAC recently announced a $4 million TV ad buy in South Carolina.
On Tuesday, Rubio's Conservative Solutions PAC unveiled its first TV ad there, touting the Florida senator's strong support for the U.S. military. The dollar value of that ad buy was not announced.
owery, the conservative InsiderAdvantage pollster, says it's obvious the GOP establishment won't be doing Trump any favors.
"The establishment Republican Party -- most of whom I know well, and I'm not putting them down -- but they make their bread and butter out of controlling people, or at least being hired to help them package themselves.
"So far, Trump has basically thumbed his nose at all of them and doesn't need them," he adds. "So of course they're all going to band together -- because this is their last stand."
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<"The establishment Republican Party -- most of whom I know well, and I'm not putting them down -- but they make their bread and butter out of controlling people, or at least being hired to help them package themselves. "So far, Trump has basically thumbed his nose at all of them and doesn't need them," he adds. "So of course they're all going to band together -- because this is their last stand."
I think all of this will backfire big time!
Hopefully the crowd is YUGE! today in SC
You are correct. No wonder the likes of Karl Rove at ticked at Trump. He is cutting into their livelihood.
Losers ! Lol
A said of Obama “he deserves my silence”....this while totally trashing the country. I think we deserve his silence while trump tries to save the country.
Beware of Mississippi redux ... GOPe will attempt to scaremonger about Trump/Cruz to Democrat voters to get them to cross over and vote for Jeb.
Yeah. That'll do it. Remind everyone of the disaster that resulted in the election of Barak Obama with filibuster-proof majorities in Congress so that Obamacare was passed. George Bush is a mixed bag to most Republicans. And he's yesterday's news.
>> Bush is quite popular among South Carolina Republicans
...would that be the same bunch of masochistic loser republicans that keep electing Linda Graham to the senate?
The food in SC is okay... must be in the water, then.
Oops .. Posting from my phone.... W said Obama deserves my silence..
Lets all run out and support a party that torpedos people running under it’s banner. Then bitch about what we did to ourselves. Again.
CLOSE THE DAMNED PRIMARIES!
What part of “WE DON’T NEED NO STEENKING BUSHES OR GOPe CANDIDATES!” do they not get?........................
Ya gotta love ‘em.
My wife had a mother cat that ate its own kittens...eventually spayed and sold her.
It really is unseemly.
"If {George W. Bush} engages, it will matter for his brother {Jeb Bush}, but really, it will matter for the entire team," Dawson told Bloomberg News.
The best thing about W. is his absolute refusal to inteject and engage in politics since he left office. Besides endorsing his brother, I do not expect him to campaign or make any appearances.
What, again??
Every month the Karl Rove Klan claims to be planning to stop Trump.
What if the Dem crossovers all voted for TRUMP?......................
Increasingly Washington is looking to me like some sort of older industry that is trying to ward off disruption in the form of Donald Trump.
BTW- thanks for the Freeper innoculation. I’ve got my books for next semester and will be checking out probably until summer. God bless you all :)
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