Bush is skipping the Iowa Straw Poll; Might skip the Caucus

[Ebsy]

Bush is turning into Giuliani dead on arrival

Nah, that's Christie.

No King's comparison was accurate.
Christie=McCain. Savvy enough to rebound but Dead in September when people remember what kind of decisions he makes. (No, he's not actually my pick to win the nomination but it wouldn't surprise me.)

No, I agree Christie matches Giuliani, scuttled by an aura of corruption. Jeb is a better match for Romney but probably with stronger conservative competition. Although if he's lucky, Walker will be like Perry.

Your comparisons don't make any sense to me.

[King]

Christie is Fred Thompson. Dead on shipping.

Bush is dead on arrival.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Poor Jeb. He so desperately wanted to be President all of his life.

Obviously that's a sign of some form of malignant narcissism/sociopathic megalomania.

[Bull Moose Base]

Bush is turning into Giuliani dead on arrival

Nah, that's Christie.

No King's comparison was accurate.
Christie=McCain. Savvy enough to rebound but Dead in September when people remember what kind of decisions he makes. (No, he's not actually my pick to win the nomination but it wouldn't surprise me.)

No, I agree Christie matches Giuliani, scuttled by an aura of corruption. Jeb is a better match for Romney but probably with stronger conservative competition. Although if he's lucky, Walker will be like Perry.

Your comparisons don't make any sense to me.

Well, that's too bad because they're good!

Christie and Giuliani are both brash, former, NY-area prosecutors who were polling very well before corruption allegations. (Christie's came out sooner though)

Bush is dominating the money race like Romney did in 2012 which is still only translating into tepid interest from rank and file voters.

And Rick Perry was a governor, more conservative alternative to Romney albeit one acceptable to the establishment, who surged to big leads in the polls until he was exposed as (a) an idiot (b) not always being the immigration hardliner he was posing as. Walker is likely to follow suit.

How about Rand Paul is Ron Paul?

[RogueBeaver]

Jeb may skip the caucus too.

[Gallium]

Jeb may skip the caucus too.

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Ouch.

[Simfan34]

Now why do they have to drag the good Jon Huntsman's name through the mud like that?

[justfollowingtheelections]

He should skip the election altogether.  No one wants another Bush.

[seanNJ9]

I get not putting all your eggs into one basket (Iowa) but ignoring the state isn't smart if you wanna win in the general.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Bush is turning into Giuliani dead on arrival

Nah, that's Christie.

No King's comparison was accurate.
Christie=McCain. Savvy enough to rebound but Dead in September when people remember what kind of decisions he makes. (No, he's not actually my pick to win the nomination but it wouldn't surprise me.)

No, I agree Christie matches Giuliani, scuttled by an aura of corruption. Jeb is a better match for Romney but probably with stronger conservative competition. Although if he's lucky, Walker will be like Perry.

Your comparisons don't make any sense to me.

Well, that's too bad because they're good!

Christie and Giuliani are both brash, former, NY-area prosecutors who were polling very well before corruption allegations. (Christie's came out sooner though)

Bush is dominating the money race like Romney did in 2012 which is still only translating into tepid interest from rank and file voters.

And Rick Perry was a governor, more conservative alternative to Romney albeit one acceptable to the establishment, who surged to big leads in the polls until he was exposed as (a) an idiot (b) not always being the immigration hardliner he was posing as. Walker is likely to follow suit.

How about Rand Paul is Ron Paul?

Perry was never acceptable to the establishment, especially after threatening with violence Ben Bernanke.

[Bull Moose Base]

Bush is turning into Giuliani dead on arrival

Nah, that's Christie.

No King's comparison was accurate.
Christie=McCain. Savvy enough to rebound but Dead in September when people remember what kind of decisions he makes. (No, he's not actually my pick to win the nomination but it wouldn't surprise me.)

No, I agree Christie matches Giuliani, scuttled by an aura of corruption. Jeb is a better match for Romney but probably with stronger conservative competition. Although if he's lucky, Walker will be like Perry.

Your comparisons don't make any sense to me.

Well, that's too bad because they're good!

Christie and Giuliani are both brash, former, NY-area prosecutors who were polling very well before corruption allegations. (Christie's came out sooner though)

Bush is dominating the money race like Romney did in 2012 which is still only translating into tepid interest from rank and file voters.

And Rick Perry was a governor, more conservative alternative to Romney albeit one acceptable to the establishment, who surged to big leads in the polls until he was exposed as (a) an idiot (b) not always being the immigration hardliner he was posing as. Walker is likely to follow suit.

How about Rand Paul is Ron Paul?

Perry was never acceptable to the establishment, especially after threatening with violence Ben Bernanke.

It's true Walker is more acceptable to Wall St than Perry was, but each is/was strongly preferred by Bush and Romney respectively, but able to raise a lot of money from other big donors anyway. But the biggest point of comparison is securing the position of strongest conservative alternative to the establishment favorite, especially casting himself as more conservative on immigration, despite inconsistencies of their own. And, as I said, maybe coming off looking like an idiot.

[Mr. Morden]

Bush now saying that while he's skipping the straw poll, he will "aggressively campaign" to win the caucuses:

http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/jeb-bush-iowa-caucuses-campaign-hard-n360156