Posted on 12/11/2012 7:57:15 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida, is a potential GOP candidate for the 2016 presidential election.
(CNN) -- No American family embodies mainstream Republicanism more than the Bushes, noted a New York Times article this year.
For three generations, Bush men have occupied towering positions in the party pantheon, and the party's demographic and ideological shifts can be traced through the branches of the Bush family tree: from Prescott, the blue-blooded Eisenhower Republican, and George H.W. Bush, the transitional figure who tried and failed to emulate the approach of the New Right, to George W. Bush, who embodied the new breed of tax-cutting, evangelical conservatism. Indeed, the Bushes' metamorphosis from genial centrism to deep-fried conservatism has both anticipated and reflected the party's trajectory.
But now, Jeb Bush, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, seems to be bucking the trend. He is seeking to return the party to its ideological moorings -- toward the centrism of his grandfather. Even before the GOP's ignominious defeat in November, Jeb was offering tough love to his party, suggesting that Republicans stand up to Grover Norquist and craft a bipartisan compromise to reduce the deficit significantly. But will Republicans listen? There are many reasons to believe they won't.
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Dear God, make it stop.
Jeb Bush, the next Mitt Romney, John McCain, and Bob Dole, all wrapped up in one losing package.
Hillary will crush Jeb like a bug.
Stop beating around, Bush!
Jeb Bush, the next Mitt Romney, John McCain, and Bob Dole, all wrapped up in one losing package.
Jeb Bush, the Governor who got stared down by a freaking county probate judge and stood by and did nothing as the world watched on their TVs the excruciating, month-long murder by starvation of a semi-comatose woman, Terri Schiavo.
Yeah... Who wouldn’t respect a strong leader like Jeb Bush?
/puke
I guess it’s his “turn.”
Of course, all the Liberal Media is pushing Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and other Liberal RINOs to run in 2016.
Liberals know with Bush, Rubio, et al, they will get Illegal Alien Amnesty, benefits for certain immigrants (especially with Spanish surnames), and RINOs that will cave when the Liberal Media whines enough
No, No, No!
Do NOT permit the GOP-e and liberals in the media to force Jeb Bush on us!!! He’s a full-bore amnesty monkey and probably more of a RINO than McCain.
Okay, I went and read the whole thing.
It’s a load of pure horse manure. Trust me on that.
Jeb, go crawl back under the rock you emerged from!!!
Looks like the GOP already has their man for 2016, of course they will say his nomination was “inevitable”, just like mitten’s nomination was.
Black Bush? Was Bush our first black president?
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