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Jeb Bush -- A Formidable Candidate for President
The Huffington Post ^ | 06/19/2014 | Lanny Davis

Posted on 06/19/2014 3:09:38 PM PDT by detective

OK, OK. To the Bush family, and particularly to former two-term Florida Gov. Jeb Bush: Don't worry. Let me start, up front, by saying: I would never vote for Jeb Bush for president. He is way too conservative for me.

Now that that's over with, I think Bush is a really good guy -- a good person, good father, good husband, good brother (to my Yale College friend, two-term President George W. Bush) and good son to his great, great dad, former President George H.W. Bush.

Jeb Bush's positions on two issues, in my view, make him formidable against a Democratic presidential candidate in 2016: education reform and immigration policy.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amnesty; jebbush; mexico; nomorebushes
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To: trisham

No more Bush’s or Clintons.. PLEAS!


61 posted on 06/19/2014 3:55:39 PM PDT by Bidimus1
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To: Right_in_Virginia

“Waaay too early to be so defeatist. I know it’s hard, but try to resist this feeling.”

My fear is Cruz and Paul will cancel each other out and the GOPe candidate will get the nod.

And yes, it is way too early. I am waiting to see how the Republicans steal defeat from the jaws of victory this November.


62 posted on 06/19/2014 3:56:47 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Heck of a reset there, Hillary")
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To: trisham
You are right about that.

GHWB flew TBMs off of aircraft carriers in WWII and GWB flew F102s in the Texas ANG.

The F102 was a very challenging and dangerous aircraft to fly back in the day

63 posted on 06/19/2014 4:00:07 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: detective

I don’t think “formidable” is exactly the right word.

That said, Jeb would be OK - he was a good governor - and is a lot more relaxed and personable than either his father or his brother.

I think he’d be OK as President, too, in a normal situation. But I’m not sure there’s any candidate out there who has either the knowledge or the guts to rebuild the ruin that will be left to us in 2016.


64 posted on 06/19/2014 4:06:29 PM PDT by livius
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To: rdcbn

GHWB also signed the UN Agenda 21 treaty, without a doubt, the single worst decision made by any President, that single act gave way to the Regime we are struggling under now.


65 posted on 06/19/2014 4:12:16 PM PDT by acapesket
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To: cloudmountain

Here’s an alternative for you.

No one.


66 posted on 06/19/2014 4:16:11 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: detective

President of what?


67 posted on 06/19/2014 4:21:34 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
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To: detective

Hah! Watch us all stay home.


68 posted on 06/19/2014 4:22:02 PM PDT by AdaGray (q)
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To: TADSLOS

Lanny Davis is a pod. He isn’t human.


69 posted on 06/19/2014 4:33:10 PM PDT by subterfuge (Hey NSA snoop, get a real job you idiot!)
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To: detective

Not.


70 posted on 06/19/2014 4:34:52 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Alberta's Child
Turns out Davis and George W. Bush were classmates at either Yale or Harvard, and may have even been fraternity brothers. Go figure.

That's easy to figure. Harvard and Yale are the day care centers for the children of the Ruling Class. Party affiliations only count later on.

71 posted on 06/19/2014 4:45:37 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: South40
He would be a terrible nominee and a terrible president.

Yes he would be. He would melt into the beltway ooze and the guy who ran during the campaign would never be seen or heard from again.

72 posted on 06/19/2014 4:48:37 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: detective

You know who to NOT vote for by the picks of the left. So far, it’s Jeb followed by Rand Paul.

We need to unite to keep them from being the nominee. I will vote for Ted Cruz.


73 posted on 06/19/2014 4:51:24 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight (...staying home isn't an option.)
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To: chris37
Here’s an alternative for you.
No one.

HOW helpful.

74 posted on 06/19/2014 4:55:37 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Finny

Jeb polls at about 3%,a real winner.


75 posted on 06/19/2014 5:01:07 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: cloudmountain

Yes, I know.

No one is clearly better than anyone your party is suggesting.


76 posted on 06/19/2014 5:04:30 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: detective

The reason liberals want Jeb to run: The debate would occur on liberal ground. If Ted Cruz were the nominee, the debate itself would change opinion and Even if Hillary lost to Jeb, the Obama legacy would remain intact and the Progressive March would continue.

Ted Cruz is the game changer.


77 posted on 06/19/2014 5:07:09 PM PDT by SC_Pete
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To: rdcbn

Imho, he’s soft, which is why the eft would love to see him as the republican nominee.


78 posted on 06/19/2014 5:07:19 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

the ‘left”


79 posted on 06/19/2014 5:07:52 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: cloudmountain; Diogenes
Well then, I assume you'll be voting for Hillary for president...and an entire slate of Democrats.

Diogenes, I think we have an honest-to-goodness Pollyanna Republican posting!

80 posted on 06/19/2014 5:10:40 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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