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Posted on 02/07/2011 7:07:16 PM PST by ejdrapes
February 7, 2011 8:15 P.M. By Robert Costa Sen. Jim DeMint, the conservative star from South Carolina, is keeping a close eye on the emerging 2012 presidential field. New names, he observes, keep popping up. One of those, of course, is former Florida governor Jeb Bush. Rich, Kathryn, and John have all written about Bush’s appeal in recent days. DeMint, in an interview with National Review Online, calls Bush “one of the best” possible presidential contenders. “Maybe the person we are looking for has not stepped out yet; it could be a Rick Perry or a Jeb Bush.” “[Bush] would be a really good president and a good candidate,” DeMint says. “He had a solid record as governor; he showed that he was willing to push innovative things in education and elsewhere.” DeMint says President Obama is “clearly beatable.” But the GOP nominee, he argues, will need to be formidable, since the president may be able to bounce off of a rebounding economy. Numerous potential candidates, he says, “are watching to see where Obama’s popularity will be. A lot is going to depend on whether people believe that he has anything to do with the economy coming back. And it will come back; you can’t keep the American economy down.” NRO wonders: In coming months, if Bush and other conservative favorites decide to sit out 2012, will DeMint feel compelled to jump in? “I really am trying to avoid that,” he tells us. “I’m looking for good candidates out there in the field.” “I would have to feel a strong pull from people all over the country,” DeMint says. “Again, it’s not something that, right now, appears to be in my future.” But could a grassroots ‘Draft DeMint’ movement stir him to run? “I don’t want to suggest that I’m waiting for any kind of draft,” he says. “It’s really not what I want to do. I really don’t have any intention of running. . . . I’m not ruling anything out, but it’s not something I want to do.”DeMint Surveys the Field, Praises Jeb
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OMG is there not a sane one among us?
I guarantee you they are going to “Push Bush”. Obama can not pull off the end game the NWO wants. It will take one more Bush.
Well, it’s an improvement over Romney. I just wish DeMint would himself jump into the fray.
DeMint still contemplating PING
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DeMint is giving an assessment of a very weak (so far) Republican field.
This will make some people around here cry.
DeMint praising Jeb Bush. Wow.
Please, Sen DeMint. Enough with the political dynasties already.
Who will the third RINO be?
I dunno. But Bush is.
Dear Lord, Senator DeMint.
If you run, it *HAS TO BE SOMETHING YOU TRULY WANT TO DO*
FIRE IN THE BELLY.
START PRAYING FOR GUIDANCE.
DeMint pushing Bush PING
Almost as bad as Palin telling America to vote for Mccain and Carly instead of two stellar conservatives, I reckon.
National Review is for sure.
Actually, it’s DeMint pushing DeMint. He knows Jeb ain’t running.
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