NBC/WSJ poll: Republicans unenthused about Romney, Bush bids for 2016

HotAir ^ | January 20, 2015 | Ed Morrissey

[xzins]

It’s actually a little worse than this description indicates, at least among the general population. Romney had a “very positive” rating of 24% in October 2012, just before the election; it’s down to 8% now. That’s still better than Bush, whose “very positive” rating has never gone into double digits in this series, and now stands at 5%.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Unenthused?

Unexpected : )

[Yaelle]

It’s lower than that. They never asked American people if they were “fans” of Jeb Bush. The question was probably who would you vote for if you had to vote R and a gun was to your head right now, and they’d heard the name Bush.

If they truly asked thousands if they were fans of Jeb Bush, they couldn’t get more than three. Not three percent.

[martin_fierro]

[xzins]

Sadly — and I generally don’t lament the stupidity of the GOP-E — they don’t even realize they’re beating a dead horse.

Romney a multi-round loser, but more than that, the guy who DISENGAGED and refused to fight during the last election.

Bush, the poor little rich kid who thinks it’s his turn in the dynasty to play with the family white house thingey.

The GOP-E is deceived by their own blinders.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The RINOs are terrified of Ted.

[tennmountainman]

And they should be.

[Uncle Miltie]

I donated to tedcruz.org an hour ago.

[omega4412]

Romney/Stassen in 2016

[V_TWIN]

Funny how all the media outlets including fox rarely (if ever) include Ted Cruz and Scott Walker when discussing Repub candidates for 2016.

[xzins]

You are right they always say: “The big 3...Romney, Bush, Christie.”

They are determined to brainwash through repetition.

[meadsjn]

Republicans unenthused about Romney, Bush bids for 2016

That's akin to saying, "The Americans were unenthused about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor."

These communist RINO pukes are every bit as much enemies of American citizens and the US Constitution as are any actively belligerent enemy or terrorist combatants.

[kidd]

Jeb Bush has a lot of money
Mitt Romney has the GOPe backing

But my vote belongs to (in order): Ted Cruz, Scott Walker, Bobby Jindal, Mike Pence, Sarah Palin

Don’t know much about Susana Martinez.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Stassen has better hair...

[xzins]

Martinez has been conservative as a governor and prosecutor. I would love to run a Cruz/Martinez ticket if she pans out.

Two Hispanics, a female, and both conservative.

So much for the ‘hispanic’ narrative.

[Politicalkiddo]

I am personally sick of the same old political losers.

[xzins]

I agree.

If the folks at GOP-E came up with an original idea about candidates, I’m afraid the replacement space in their brains would create a vacuum and cause an implosion.

Sample Gop-E ‘original idea’: “I know let’s run John McCain and Paul Ryan. Nobody will suspect that!”

[Carry_Okie]

When Reagan ran in 1976 and again in 1980, he represented something new within the party. Reagan was a new voice of Goldwater-esque conservatism combined with a record of practical application.

If that's what we want, then we want Mike Pence.

[xzins]

I’m ok with Pence. He’s in my 2nd tier.

My top candidate is, of course, Ted Cruz.