Donors Considering Abandoning Chris Christie for Jeb Bush Instead

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Donors Weigh Jilting Christie for Jeb Bush

By MICHAEL BARBARO and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
MAY 1, 2014

Jeb Bush’s increasingly serious and public examination of a run for president has shaken the ranks of establishment Republican donors and fund-raisers who had planned to back Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey in 2016, forcing many of them to rethink their allegiance to the embattled governor.

In private conversations that are now seeping into public view, some of them are signaling to Mr. Christie’s camp that, should Mr. Bush enter the race, their first loyalty would be to him, not to Mr. Christie, according to interviews with more than two dozen of them.

Many of those who, because of geography and personal ties, were expected to line up behind Mr. Christie say they now feel torn. And it is clear that Mr. Christie’s recent troubles, especially the George Washington Bridge scandal, are adding to the allure of Mr. Bush, a former Florida governor.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Joke of an election, the US is not going to be pick a Bush over a Clinton. Although I guess this would officially make them the royal families of the country.

[Lief 🗽]

Wonderful news!

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

Nominating Jeb Bush would be the dumbest thing the GOP could possibly do.  Well, I'm sure there are worse candidates, but they won't come near the nomination.

[Maxwell]

Money can only do so much for a candidate (see: Lincoln's 7-1 money advantage against Boozman). I think Jeb Bush is too toxic in the GOP field to win the nomination, no matter how much money the establishment GOP throws at him.

[Cory]

Money can only do so much for a candidate (see: Lincoln's 7-1 money advantage against Boozman). I think Jeb Bush is too toxic in the GOP field to win the nomination, no matter how much money the establishment GOP throws at him.

That's what they said about Mitt Romney.

[Maxwell]

Money can only do so much for a candidate (see: Lincoln's 7-1 money advantage against Boozman). I think Jeb Bush is too toxic in the GOP field to win the nomination, no matter how much money the establishment GOP throws at him.

That's what they said about Mitt Romney.

Mitt Romney also made in roads with more conservative Republicans with his 08 run. Jeb Bush hasn't done that.

[Cory]

Mitt Romney also made in roads with more conservative Republicans with his 08 run. Jeb Bush hasn't done that.

True. Also it doesn't seem like Jeb will be as willing to pander to the right they way Romney did.