Posted on 08/28/2015 3:50:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Trying to get the GOP base on your side? Master stroke from Jeb! here.
Cantor was courted intensely by other candidates. Cantor retains a strong political network in Virginia, a key primary and swing state. And he has enviable connections among Jewish business leaders who can be key supporters and donors.
“This is a big deal for Eric, and a big deal for Jeb,” said a top Republican involved in the negotiations.
A Cantor source said: “They have known each other for a long time, speak regularly and have great mutual respect for one another. Eric believes he is the only candidate with a real long-term vision for the country who can also actually implement it – not just talk about it.”
Cantor is to introduce Bush on Thursday evening at a fundraiser in Richmond and then will appear with him Friday morning at a VFW post in Norfolk, for a town hall focused on veterans issues.
This makes a ton of sense in Bizarro!America, where Eric Cantor is a champion of conservative values and lost his Congressional seat to a man funded by the Establishment to get rid of his brand of conservatism.
Jeb Bush is only making his fight to appear outside of Washington enough to be electable and truly represent the base. With each passing day, however, his steps away from the conservative base add up. His is a name that is dynastic in nature, and he is doing nothing to avoid that. Instead, he’s actually embracing that dynastic, in-with-the-right-people campaign that has led the Republicans down a similar and offensive path before.
I have consistently argued that we could do a lot worse than Jeb Bush in 2016, but I’m starting to wonder how. If he cannot even take the necessary steps to even appear to include the base in his agenda, then there is no way anyone will trust his campaign when he says he is fighting for them. The same ones who are mad as hell already and diving behind Trump will only go for Trump harder, and anyone who was giving Bush the benefit of the doubt could soon be driven away as well.
Cantor does have a vast network at his disposal. Good for him for trying to make use of it. But, does Jeb really want to do battle with the angry base voters so soon?
Nice! Move over Trump, Jebster is back in business!
We loved him so much we booted him from office before he could betray us on Amnesty.
More districts need to Cantorize their weasel Congressmen.
¡Yeb! is the Designated Loser, so of course he collects endorsements of losers.
GOP base favorite? LOL. That’s news to me.
how tone deaf can jebbie be?
Really ..?? Canter was the biggest traitor to the base .. why on earth would anybody want to hire him.
If Jeb believes Canter is a way into the BASE, he’s sadly mistaken. Canter will not help Jeb with the base .. because the base doesn’t trust him.
Hope Canter doesn’t plan on emailing me ..
the negotiation. lol
I don’t think Cruz is having negotiations with his “supporters”.
Either you believe in the guy or not. and his supporters believe in him.
hilarious.
remember, this is from Red State.
I have consistently argued that we could do a lot worse than Jeb Bush in 2016, but I’m starting to wonder how
I never could see how we could do worse than ¡Yeb! , he’s the most offensive Democrat in an R jersey ever.
He wants to give the Democrats a permanent majority, for Pete’s sake.
Adding one of the biggest establishment types to your sputtering campaign is not going to help you Jeb.
“Cantor was courted intensely by other candidates.”
This is the first i heard that...in fact, i almost forgot about Cantor.. along with a lot of other things crawling around in the woodwork.
Why do the leftists and rinos lie? Canto is a betrayer of the base.
It was a sarcastic piece
Nobody willing to push amnesty is the base’s favorite.
Cantor just hitched his little red wagon by a short chain to a battleship anchor that’s gone over the side.
The crony network and $$$$ are nice, but how many voters does Cantor bring to the table?
Next up for El Jebbe, barnstorming with Denny Hastert in Illinois. (Lock up your high school wrestling tights-wearing sons, mothers !)
Yeb! Is not ready for prme time, loser!
Birds of a loser flock to losers.
LMAO! This is the funniest thing I've read all week!
Eric Cantor, the sitting House Majority Leader, was beaten by a college professor with no name recognition.
Dave Brat spent less than $250K compared to Cantor’s millions available.
Brat spent no time courting money.
Cantor spent all his time courting big money.
Eric Cantor’s endorsement of Jebush, and his involvement in his campaign is probably the kiss of death in Virginia.
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