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Editorial: Don’t count out Jeb Bush ("David" Trump?)
The Tampa Tribune ^ | December 20, 2015 | The Editorial Board

Posted on 12/20/2015 12:03:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Many national commentators were quick to dismiss Jeb Bush’s effective performance in last week’s Republican debate as “too little, too late.”

This strikes us as dumbfounding, given that the first primary vote has not taken place, and the GOP presidential campaign remains fluid. Beyond a zealous core of David Trump supporters, most Republican voters still seem to be making up their minds.

There definitely has been unanticipated resistance to the Bush name, and he seemed rusty in the early going, but the former Florida governor retains a robust war chest and still possesses, in our view, the most impressive leadership resume of anyone in the race...

(Excerpt) Read more at tbo.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: bush; humor; trump
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1 posted on 12/20/2015 12:03:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Your title is wrong. It should say, “Don’t Count on Jeb Bush”


2 posted on 12/20/2015 12:05:45 PM PST by occamrzr06
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Iirc David is his younger brother. Works for Trump Family business


3 posted on 12/20/2015 12:06:31 PM PST by hoosiermama
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seriously??


4 posted on 12/20/2015 12:06:32 PM PST by georgiegirl
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There definitely has been unanticipated resistance to the Bush name...

"Unanticipated" is the new "unexpected."

5 posted on 12/20/2015 12:07:00 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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The ruling class is so disconnected from everyday people. Donors loved Bush’s performance in the debate but the people begged to differ!


6 posted on 12/20/2015 12:07:15 PM PST by bjcoop
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Remember, as low as Jeb! is and probably will remain, the Republican nominee is selected by the delegates and super delegates.

Get ready for more disappointment.

7 posted on 12/20/2015 12:08:13 PM PST by PROCON (It's not islamophobia, it's islamonausea)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe the author is not a supporter of Donald Trump, but admits Jeb is looking like a loser. Mike Savage also pretends to forget the names of people he doesn’t like that day, or has a disagreement with.


8 posted on 12/20/2015 12:08:28 PM PST by lee martell
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Impy

Jeb Bush last week: “Even I could do a better job than Hillary Clinton.”

For once I agree with 3% Jeb.


9 posted on 12/20/2015 12:10:58 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (The DNC 2012 Convention actually booed God three times)
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If bush is the nominee he will get fewer votes in the general than Romney did


10 posted on 12/20/2015 12:12:45 PM PST by wny
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Bush’s future looks up. Long track record.


11 posted on 12/20/2015 12:14:03 PM PST by ex-snook ( God is love.)
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It’s more than resistance to the Bush name, it is rejection of the North Mexico plan for the USA.

Yeb! has nothing to offer U.S. citizens, that’s why he spends half his time campaigning to foreigners in a foreign language.


12 posted on 12/20/2015 12:16:48 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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If Jeb!’s and Trump’s poll numbers were reversed, do you think they would say “Don’t count Trump out”?


13 posted on 12/20/2015 12:20:25 PM PST by odawg
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Jim Thompson says- Who cares about the name?


14 posted on 12/20/2015 12:21:53 PM PST by Mark (Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
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This is why Bush is so fond of Common Core math


15 posted on 12/20/2015 12:23:43 PM PST by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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——There definitely has been unanticipated resistance to the Bush name, ——

Talk about clueless...


16 posted on 12/20/2015 12:24:36 PM PST by Popman (Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
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“There definitely has been unanticipated resistance to the Bush name,”


Megyn Kelly and Dana Perino hardest hit.


17 posted on 12/20/2015 12:25:59 PM PST by moehoward
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To: ex-snook

Are you on drugs?


18 posted on 12/20/2015 12:28:56 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I sometimes wonder if there are parallel universes.


19 posted on 12/20/2015 12:30:29 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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This is why the Tampa Slimes is used down here to wrap discarded fish heads and huge dead cockroaches.

Leni

20 posted on 12/20/2015 12:32:28 PM PST by MinuteGal ("I will stand with the Muslims if the political winds shift in an ugly direction" - Barack ObaMao)
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