Posted on 07/14/2015 1:00:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced Monday that he is running for President of the United States. With Walker's announcement, the Republican field of Presidential contenders is expected to include 17 major candidates by summer's end. Consensus among political insiders is that three of those 17 candidates have both a clear shot at winning the nomination and being competitive in a general election matchup with Hillary Clinton.
Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and Walker have been dubbed the three candidates to watch in the coming months. Although Democrats salivate at the thought of facing an unelectable Republican like Ted Cruz or Donald Trump, they understand that Republicans are unlikely to actually nominate any of these fringe candidates. When considering the three men that they're most likely to face in a general election, it would appear that Walker would be easiest to beat.
Both Rubio and Bush both have clear advantages as candidates for the Republican Party. Bush ran the high population swing state of Florida for two terms and is clearly attempting to reach out to the crucial Latino voting bloc. As a matter of fact, a Bush victory in the general election would lead to the nation's first Latina First Lady, as Bush's wife Columba Bush is Mexican American. Marco Rubio, who also hails from the all-important swing state of Florida, is himself a Latino American, in addition to being young and telegenic....
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I don't envy the moderator who has to keep Trump to 30 seconds.
The libs are terrified of him.
Hillary wants to run against Jeb Bush. Her goal is to first win the Primary early, then do an op chaos on the Republican field and have Dems cross over and vote for Bush.
Either she will or we will!! Ha Ha!!!
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