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Jeb's invisible man strategy
CNN ^ | January 27, 2015 | Peter Hamby

Posted on 01/28/2015 10:35:39 AM PST by C19fan

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Money quote:

According to some Republicans, the Bush committees together are raking in daily sums in the mid-to-high six figures, an intake that should guarantee an impressive showing once the first fundraising quarter concludes in March.

Dauphin Bush playing it right. You and I GOP voters don't count. Its all about getting the Oligarchs behind you. 80% of the GOP primary voters will base their decision on ads and that is where money talks. Look at the people behind his campaign. A Who's Who list of GOPe consultants from Mike Murphy to the guy who ran the Chamber of Commerce's war against the Tea Party. Notice also the PIAPS has kept a low profile She is playing the same exact game. The Oligarchs will have a dream Heads I Win, Tales You Lose POTUS Election: Dauphin fake v. PIAPS.

1 posted on 01/28/2015 10:35:39 AM PST by C19fan
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” Dauphin Bush playing it right. You and I GOP voters don’t count. Its all about getting the Oligarchs behind you. 80% of the GOP primary voters will base their decision on ads and that is where money talks. Look at the people behind his campaign. A Who’s Who list of GOPe consultants from Mike Murphy to the guy who ran the Chamber of Commerce’s war against the Tea Party. “

YOU get it !

B T T T


2 posted on 01/28/2015 10:37:29 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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This is actually the usual GOPe strategy, sneak into office through the side door. Stand for nothing, stay under the radar, hope the voters will either pull the lever for you by accident, or because they hate the other guy more, or because they like your smile. Gesture and nod toward national icons so people will think you think like they think but never commit to anything you can’t get out of later.


3 posted on 01/28/2015 10:39:15 AM PST by marron
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Jeb Bush is the invisible man

Its more like he's the invisible liberal.

4 posted on 01/28/2015 10:39:47 AM PST by Starboard
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If one wants to see a trifecta for GLOBALISTS....

1)Outsource American white collar jobs, and promote unrestricted HB1 visas.

2) Encourage a flood of uneducated, illiterate slobs to jump the border.

Kill manufacturing in the USA with high taxes,one-way trade agreements and insurmountable regulation.

Obama/Jeb one in the same.


5 posted on 01/28/2015 10:43:54 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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A similar strategy worked for Nixon back in 1968. Nixon was moving under the radar for a couple of years, meeting with county chairman groups in various states, shifting the strategy so there would be less dependence on the regions and localities that traditionally voted for the Democrat candidate for President, and collected a large number of donors and allegiances among the influential but largely invisible patrons with the deep pockets.

Then suddenly, when everybody thought Richard Nixon was gone for good, SURPRISE! He’s BAAAACK!


6 posted on 01/28/2015 10:47:22 AM PST by alloysteel (Je suis Charlie)
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Maybe he’s getting plastic surgery like Hillary, who is similarly off the radar.


7 posted on 01/28/2015 10:50:22 AM PST by Fractal Trader
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I will not vote for Jeb Bush under any circumstances whatsoever. I don't care if Beezlebub himself is the democrat nominee.

I held my nose and voted for sorry Mitt Romney with much distaste last time, but no more. If the loathsome Karl Rove and the rest of them keep shoving these guys down our throats, I'm done.

8 posted on 01/28/2015 10:55:00 AM PST by jpl ("You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists." - Lt. General Michael Flynn)
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He should become invisible - PERMANENTLY. NO MORE BUSHES!!!

Remember how this craven dog backed down on Teri Schiavo?


9 posted on 01/28/2015 10:56:14 AM PST by ZULU (Je Suis Charlie. . GET IT OBAMA, OR DON'T YOU??)
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After taking the political world by surprise in early January

Only CNN was surprised. Those that follow the news were expecting it.

10 posted on 01/28/2015 11:03:09 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (POPOF. President Of Pants On Fire.)
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G. W. Bush secured the 2000 nomination with the same technique. Big money donors on board choked off any credible alternative. MSM’s candidate, McCain, was squashed early when he found no financial support following an initial success.
11 posted on 01/28/2015 11:24:34 AM PST by sefarkas (Why vote Democrat Lite?)
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You are correct sir.

But “changing the party from within” will work THIS time. /s

If any of us wants to use the election process to get these oligarchs out of Federal power, the only chance is a third party. Draw Main Street from the GOPe ads by running on a small set of issues, based on Judeo-Christian principles: foreign debt reduction, real currency, border control, homeland (not Eurasian) defense, 10th amendment/states’ rights, and anti-abortion.

Take the heat from the media, but stand on it. Be patient. If it works, it may take a generation.


12 posted on 01/28/2015 11:37:55 AM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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George W. acted similarly.

He shunned the spotlight until the last possible moment. Meanwhile, his opponents overexposed themselves.

13 posted on 01/28/2015 11:50:09 AM PST by what's up
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Actually, Hillary is copying Bush.

She realized she was getting overxposed so she pulled back. But she's already overexposed no matter what. Everyone's sick of seeing her face.

14 posted on 01/28/2015 11:53:13 AM PST by what's up
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People in Republican primaries, all they really know is to back a third Bush.


15 posted on 01/28/2015 12:08:48 PM PST by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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In this modern era of social media the less you say the less you make people mad. It’s not a bad campaign strategy, especially 12 months before any votes that matter will be cast. I mean I won’t vote for the guy, but it’s a good strategy.


16 posted on 01/28/2015 12:12:52 PM PST by discostu (The albatross begins with its vengeance A terrible curse a thirst has begun)
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Bush will be invisible to me during the entire election process...


17 posted on 01/28/2015 12:19:10 PM PST by Iscool
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Sorry Mitt Romney basically tried the same strategy, thinking that the horrible Obama would naturally implode and he would win by default. Oops.


18 posted on 01/28/2015 12:44:09 PM PST by jpl ("You cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists." - Lt. General Michael Flynn)
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In the general election it’s not such a great strategy. 1 year before the primaries it’s very good. Just look at the debate festival in 2011 and how the GOP had a new leader in the polls after pretty much every debate, because whoever was leading before the debate was the target during the debate. In the circular firing squad that is pre-primary life the nail that sticks up gets hammered.


19 posted on 01/28/2015 1:01:02 PM PST by discostu (The albatross begins with its vengeance A terrible curse a thirst has begun)
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Outrageous how Jeb Bush treated Terri Schiavo. She should be his Mary Jo.
20 posted on 01/28/2015 1:38:01 PM PST by Dante3
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