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| The Political Party Elites Have Spoken: It's Bush vs. Clinton in 2016 |
| 2014-03-31 |
| h/t Instapundit I have no objections to Jeb Bush running for president. He obviously has a wide appeal as a potential candidate. With a Mexican wife, and as a man who speaks fluent Spanish, he would be able to increase the Hispanic vote in the GOP column. On the other hand, many in the Republican base find his position on immigration untenable, and would fight him tooth and nail during primary season. He is also a serious advocate of education reform. His support of Common Core, however, will also find many who are in the conservative ranks objecting, since they fear that Common Core represents educational centralism and having the government ram federal standards down their throats. What I do object to is that Bush is already being heralded as the obvious candidate, the man to whom the big money must and will flow. As the Washington Post reports: Many of the Republican Party's most powerful insiders and financiers have begun a behind-the-scenes campaign to draft former Florida governor Jeb Bush into the 2016 presidential race, courting him and his intimates and starting talks on fundraising strategy. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #17 Not only np, but F**K NO! Common Core? The fed Gov has no damned business dictating educational standards - GW Bush screwed it up doing that with No Child Left Behind. And no to rewarding lawbreakers and scofflaws who are here illegally. If they nominate Bush, the GOP is dead - not just to me, but to just about anyone with conservative principles. This will drive a stake thru its heart. Jeb Bush will become to the GOP what Millard FIlmore was to the Whigs: its last national candidate, and a loser that triggers the formation of a new Republican Party (the party of Lincoln, who left the Whigs for the GOP in the next election). |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-03-31 22:46 |
| #16 Jeb is out because of his name period. It's a damn shame tho. He's stone cold do what he said he gonna do. An impressive fellow. Trust me on this one. If by magic he runs, I will work for him. We will probably do a lot worse. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-03-31 20:06 |
| #15 Both will talk to the center and regardless who is elected taxes will increase, GIVERnment will grow and freedoms will be dismissed. FORWARD to the Detroitification of America! |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-03-31 16:29 |
| #14 Did the GOP not learn anything in the last 8 years??? And now, based on the responses across the net, Jeb is out because of immigration, common core, and his name. Next thing we know it will be abortion, or any other bullshit emotional event to derail serious conversation about the matters a president can change. Is he a leader? Will he work to fix our economy? Is he respected globally and with business leaders? Will he lead from the front or follow the pols, like Clinton, or from the rear like our current coward in chief? How does he stand on American exceptionalism? Is he a coward, like Obama or a pedophile and philanderer like Clinton? Last but not least, because I could F%^king care less what his family ties are, can he get the job done and dies he love this country enough to die for it???? |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2014-03-31 15:47 |
| #13 #10 grom - Mostly, neither can we. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-03-31 15:42 |
| #12 I'm voting no in the primaries ... general election I'm going to vote 3rd or 4th party if that's all the betters want to let us vote for.. Clintoons or Bushies... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-03-31 15:37 |
| #11 The only chance Jeb has is if against Hillary as we'd have one royal line against the other. The reverse is true as well. Folks don't want another Bush or Clinton and the only way either has a chance is if they face each other. Such a matchup would be a perfect time for a third party candidate. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-03-31 15:33 |
| #10 One day I'll ask one of you Americans to explain to me the diff between your two parties---cause I sure as heck can't see any. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-31 14:36 |
| #9 Just as they threw away elements of the base in the two elections, going with a 'dynasty' candidate is going to keep a unacceptable and fatal number of people at home. Not that it would make any difference in California, but I would most certainly either stay home or vote for a third party candidate rather than casting a vote for another Bush or Clinton. I'm sick of these two families. It won't matter anymore who is Republican and who is Democrat. They will all be Kleptocrats. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2014-03-31 12:33 |
| #8 We don't need another President from any of America's 'royal' families. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-03-31 10:54 |
| #7 We don't need another RINO. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-03-31 10:50 |
| #6 Whatever one thinks abour Mr. Bush or any of the other contenders, this is about getting rid of the communists. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-03-31 07:58 |
| #5 Whatever one thinks of Mr. Bush, this is about the time all serious contenders are getting their ducks in a row. That's all this is, nothing more. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2014-03-31 07:50 |
| #4 I would add that at this point the national election process is being handled a lot like an Olympic Games bid, in that they could care less who wins, as long as they get their time at the trough, and pick up the goody bag on the way out. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-03-31 07:48 |
| #3 This is from the same two brain trusts that have, at various times, promoted such successful characters as John Kerry and Bob Dole. The only concern is proprietary, i.e. do they(the bosses) own them. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-03-31 07:37 |
| #2 Many of the Republican Party's most powerful insiders and financiers... ...who could influence the primaries, couldn't turn out the vote needed for the past two elections. Just as they threw away elements of the base in the two elections, going with a 'dynasty' candidate is going to keep a unacceptable and fatal number of people at home. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-03-31 07:22 |
| #1 Tidied up bad chars. (Facepalm) @ article. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-03-31 05:49 |