Does anybody here really think Jeb will be the nominee anymore?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I still think it'll be Scott Walker.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

It does seem strange, he's a relatively moderate (Tea Party wave standards) Governor from the 2000's who doesn't have much of a legacy outside of economic growth built on a housing bubble.

Yeah Jeb wasn't in office when The Tea Party was in vogue like Christie, Kasich, Rubio, and Walker were. That hurts him. Wasn't Jeb considered Hard-Right Wing in 1994 when he lost to Lawton Chiles(D) in his first run for Governor?

Jebby was hard-right-wing in 1994, and still is. So he could still win the nomination. But I think the GOP would prefer someone younger and still in office, such as Walker.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

The Tea Party generated no new support for conservative causes. They did energize the few who supported their causes already, and they did manage to bully public officials into catering to them.