GOP Establishment Trying to Recruit Jeb Bush

[Mordecai]

Common Core and Amnesty will be the death of Jeb. He is a BIG proponent of Common Care which TPers absolutely despise and an avid supporter of amnesty we all know what that did to Rubio. I don't know why people think he would have such a clear path for the nomination especially with rising stars like Paul, Cruz, or Walker potentially in the race. He'd be the guy who hasn't competed for an election since 2002 running against people that have all been recently elected in the past fews been on the trail etc.

He will have the support of the donors who think he's the most presentable candidate who can win, just like with Romney in 2012.

Conservative donors like Sheldon Adelson (who supported Gingrich) and Foster Friess (who supported Santorum) will probably wise up and consolidate behind one candidate who they know can win the nomination and the general election, instead of supporting fringe candidates who needlessly drag out the primaries and ding up the establishment guy.

[Mordecai]

Common Core and Amnesty will be the death of Jeb. He is a BIG proponent of Common Care which TPers absolutely despise and an avid supporter of amnesty we all know what that did to Rubio. I don't know why people think he would have such a clear path for the nomination especially with rising stars like Paul, Cruz, or Walker potentially in the race. He'd be the guy who hasn't competed for an election since 2002 running against people that have all been recently elected in the past fews been on the trail etc.

He will have the support of the donors who think he's the most presentable candidate who can win, just like with Romney in 2012.

Conservative donors like Sheldon Adelson (who supported Gingrich) and Foster Friess (who supported Santorum) will probably wise up and consolidate behind one candidate who they know can win the nomination and the general election, instead of supporting fringe candidates who needlessly drag out the primaries and ding up the establishment guy.

Bush could win the general election?

He has a better chance than guys like Cruz or Paul.

[Mordecai]

Common Core and Amnesty will be the death of Jeb. He is a BIG proponent of Common Care which TPers absolutely despise and an avid supporter of amnesty we all know what that did to Rubio. I don't know why people think he would have such a clear path for the nomination especially with rising stars like Paul, Cruz, or Walker potentially in the race. He'd be the guy who hasn't competed for an election since 2002 running against people that have all been recently elected in the past fews been on the trail etc.

He will have the support of the donors who think he's the most presentable candidate who can win, just like with Romney in 2012.

Conservative donors like Sheldon Adelson (who supported Gingrich) and Foster Friess (who supported Santorum) will probably wise up and consolidate behind one candidate who they know can win the nomination and the general election, instead of supporting fringe candidates who needlessly drag out the primaries and ding up the establishment guy.

Bush could win the general election?

He has a better chance than guys like Cruz or Paul.

What about the Tea Party? Many there won't vote for a guy who's not only a Bush, but also a friend of the Former Mayor of New York, and supported both Amnesty and Common Core, I'm not saying it's unwinnable, but without winning the Tea Party vote, it'd be pretty darn hard to win.

If McCain and Romney could win the nomination, Jeb probably could too.

[Mordecai]

Common Core and Amnesty will be the death of Jeb. He is a BIG proponent of Common Care which TPers absolutely despise and an avid supporter of amnesty we all know what that did to Rubio. I don't know why people think he would have such a clear path for the nomination especially with rising stars like Paul, Cruz, or Walker potentially in the race. He'd be the guy who hasn't competed for an election since 2002 running against people that have all been recently elected in the past fews been on the trail etc.

He will have the support of the donors who think he's the most presentable candidate who can win, just like with Romney in 2012.

Conservative donors like Sheldon Adelson (who supported Gingrich) and Foster Friess (who supported Santorum) will probably wise up and consolidate behind one candidate who they know can win the nomination and the general election, instead of supporting fringe candidates who needlessly drag out the primaries and ding up the establishment guy.

Bush could win the general election?

He has a better chance than guys like Cruz or Paul.

What about the Tea Party? Many there won't vote for a guy who's not only a Bush, but also a friend of the Former Mayor of New York, and supported both Amnesty and Common Core, I'm not saying it's unwinnable, but without winning the Tea Party vote, it'd be pretty darn hard to win.

If McCain and Romney could win the nomination, Jeb probably could too.

Romney and McCain had to go back on their own Political Positions to get the nomination, if Jeb did it too, he'd probably lose another couple voters.

I think he could still make up the difference with all the money he'd get. In that regard, courting donors, the biggest threats to him are Chris Christie and Scott Walker, who aren't exactly quality candidates.

[Mordecai]

Common Core and Amnesty will be the death of Jeb. He is a BIG proponent of Common Care which TPers absolutely despise and an avid supporter of amnesty we all know what that did to Rubio. I don't know why people think he would have such a clear path for the nomination especially with rising stars like Paul, Cruz, or Walker potentially in the race. He'd be the guy who hasn't competed for an election since 2002 running against people that have all been recently elected in the past fews been on the trail etc.

He will have the support of the donors who think he's the most presentable candidate who can win, just like with Romney in 2012.

Conservative donors like Sheldon Adelson (who supported Gingrich) and Foster Friess (who supported Santorum) will probably wise up and consolidate behind one candidate who they know can win the nomination and the general election, instead of supporting fringe candidates who needlessly drag out the primaries and ding up the establishment guy.

Bush could win the general election?

He has a better chance than guys like Cruz or Paul.

What about the Tea Party? Many there won't vote for a guy who's not only a Bush, but also a friend of the Former Mayor of New York, and supported both Amnesty and Common Core, I'm not saying it's unwinnable, but without winning the Tea Party vote, it'd be pretty darn hard to win.

If McCain and Romney could win the nomination, Jeb probably could too.

Romney and McCain had to go back on their own Political Positions to get the nomination, if Jeb did it too, he'd probably lose another couple voters.

I think he could still make up the difference with all the money he'd get. In that regard, courting donors, the biggest threats to him are Chris Christie and Scott Walker, who aren't exactly quality candidates.

Lol, I knew it!! It's funny reading this after the "occupied territories" comment by Christie.

You mean like how they did last election and got eradicated?^

Romney was the worst Republican candidate in a generation, especially going against someone with Obama's background four years after a major financial crisis. It's a testament to the GOP's ability to persuade their constituents to hold their nose and vote party line to stop Obama that he got 47%.

Jeb's biggest disadvantage is his ties to his brother, but he doesn't have an image problem to the general populace in the same way that Romney does. He's even regarded as "the smart one" by those derisive to Dubya.

And as bad as Dubya was, he was seen favorably (or, at least, non-threatening) by Latinos and Jeb has the same advantage. He's a white guy who speaks Spanish, was Governor of Florida, and has a Mexican wife and a Hispanic son. If his last name wasn't Bush we would be talking about him as a respectable candidate instead of guys like Christie or Walker. If Jeb picked a nice, likeable, smart, qualified, inoffensive Latino like Brian Sandoval as his running mate I think he stands to do a lot better than McCain or Romney.