In GOP, all eyes on Jeb Bush

[All Along The Watchtower]

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324296604578177551331438098.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[Ty440]

Stay out da Bushes!!!!

[bballrox4717]

Bush knows he can't win and that the country doesn't want any more Bushes. Otherwise he would have run in 2012.

[You kip if you want to...]

He's old news anyway.

[Blue3]

Yeah, Jeb is an old, overhyped has-been, and that's even before you get into him being another Bush. If Jeb were foolish enough to run, he'd embrace his brother on the campaign trail, trying to redeem his image, but that will just end up hurting Jeb even more.

[Maxwell]

The man hasn't been in office in forever, would lose much more quickly than most people expect, and in terms of other candidates that are semi-establishment, Christie has better numbers.

[Zioneer]

Reminds me of this old Reader's Digest joke.

So George W Bush is in heaven. He's walking around and he sees Moses. Not wanting to pass up a chance to talk to the referred prophet, Bush starts walking toward Moses. Moses sees Bush, and takes off running.

Bush manages to catch up to Moses, but when he puts his hand on Moses to talk to him, Moses manages to shake him off, and runs away.

Bush catches up to Moses again, but again, Moses is determined to flee from Bush.

Finally, Bush manages to catch to Moses and stop him. He asks "Why won't you talk to me?"

Moses answers "The last time I talked to a bush, I spent 40 years in the desert!"

Works equally as well for Jeb, who should never be close to the presidency.

[RogueBeaver]

I don't think Bush will run for the reasons others mentioned. He'll have been out of office for nearly a decade, wouldn't have much grassroots support, is a Bush, etc. The worst thing Pubs can do is nominate another candidate who cannot ignite grassroots enthusiasm. A bit saddened because I've always liked Jeb, but he'll never be POTUS and I think he knows that.

[Mr. Morden]

Also worth noting from that recent New York Magazine cover story is Bush's ideological evolution since leaving office:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=164982.msg3527600#msg3527600

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He's moved left, yet still won't have the normal crossover appeal that one might expect to get from that, because of his last name.  His smartest play would be to invest his political energies into his political protege, Marco Rubio, and hope that that gains him some influence in a potential Rubio administration, should he actually win.  Because his chances of getting to the White House himself don't look great.

[Mister Mets]

Also worth noting from that recent New York Magazine cover story is Bush's ideological evolution since leaving office:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=164982.msg3527600#msg3527600

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He's moved left, yet still won't have the normal crossover appeal that one might expect to get from that, because of his last name.  His smartest play would be to invest his political energies into his political protege, Marco Rubio, and hope that that gains him some influence in a potential Rubio administration, should he actually win.  Because his chances of getting to the White House himself don't look great.

One slight problem with that is it seems unlikely that Rubio shares his new views.