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Likely Voter
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Junior Chimp
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« on: August 09, 2015, 07:23:15 PM »
« edited: August 09, 2015, 07:25:11 PM by Likely Voter »

Team Bush's next move has to be to figure out a way to get rid of the other 'establishment' friendly candidates. When you look at last cycle, Romney pretty much had that space to himself but Bush has to deal with Rubio, Kasich, Christie (and some others), all of whom can hart his chances in NH where Bush needs a win.  

Rubio is especially problematic as he is growing in support and seems to have universal good ratings with GOPers. Team Bush needs to figure out a way to drive up Rubio's negatives but without being seen as the attackers. I suspect there is going to be some strategic leaking to the media of anti-Rubio oppo in the coming weeks. We could even see some leaking to other campaigns, like how Romney's campaign leaked things to Bachmann's campaign to get her to attack Perry in the debates.
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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2015, 07:49:51 PM »

The problem is Rubio is a sleeping giant. Look at his favorable ratings. Everyone loves him. That is the danger. A few more good debate outings and he could easily be the establishment frontrunner once he passes the gravitas test.  Team Bush can't wait until they are trailing Rubio, they need to start driving up his negatives now. But as I said, they have to figure out a way to do it without getting their fingerprints on the weapon.
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