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The Five Plausible GOP Candidates (Bush, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio and Walker)
The Wall Street Journal ^
| August 11, 2015
| William A. Galston
Posted on 08/11/2015 4:41:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Jindal at least showed his birth certificate.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:09:57 PM PDT
by
proust
("Jeb Bush is a good man. He's a good governor. I respect him" -Cruz)
To: Seaplaner
If ¡Yeb! is the nominee for the GOP?
Why would you waste your vote on ¡Yeb!?
Hillary vs ¡Yeb! vs Trump, Trump wins.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:11:15 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Sybeck1
He would probably go third if Jeb is the nominee, and so what difference does it make. That Jeb is anywhere near the top is an ironical artifact of Democrat Trump's stealing conservative votes from the more conservative GOPers.
(That and name recog, but that is temporary.)
.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:12:03 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: Seaplaner
Will you support Mister Trump when (not if) he announces his third party run?
If he is still in at the convention, his delegates may be needed to choose a nominee. The threat of going 3rd Party if they pick the wrong one would make interesting wrangling.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:13:04 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: proust
Perot was a spoiler, because #1 he had no real chance to win, and #2 he took more votes from the right than the left. Trump would likely do the same although he may be slightly more palatable to Democrats.
Regardless, if Jeb and Hillary are the two candidates, I don’t care if Trump goes third party. In fact, I’d vote for him. On the other hand, I much rather prefer a Cruz or Walker as our nominee.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:13:21 PM PDT
by
CitizenUSA
(Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
To: proust
So did Cruz. Were Jindal's parents American citizens when he was born? Were Rubio's?
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:13:43 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
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To: Sybeck1
Some say Sasquatch is real.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:13:57 PM PDT
by
ez
(Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is... - Milton)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Note to WSJ Editor:
You should pay more attention to your copy. In several places in this article you misspelled TRUMP. There is no K in TRUMP and it is not spelled KASICH.
To: Lurkinanloomin
Hillary vs ¡Yeb! vs Trump, Trump wins. Don't you see, my good FRiend, that Trump will get what Perot got, ZERO electoral votes?
The (alleged) Trump primary candidacy takes conservative (like you and me) votes from the likes of Cruz (my current fave).
The (alleged) Trump primary candidacy favors a GOP nom of ...
¡Yeb! .
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:16:52 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
What irrelevant BS to leave out Trump. Until he chooses otherwise, Trump is the odds on favorite to win the nomination and presidency.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:18:22 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Gee, WSJ, you wouldn’t be biased would you?
I mean, you’ve been open borders as long as I can remember and, like McCain, you’ve never seen a war you didn’t push for. You’re as globalist as anyone else in the Chamber.
Guess that’s why Donald Trump is not a viable candidate in your ‘expert opinion’.
Yet another reason my money goes to Investors Business Daily.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:21:43 PM PDT
by
Paulie
(America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Jindal was an anchor baby.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:21:52 PM PDT
by
proust
("Jeb Bush is a good man. He's a good governor. I respect him" -Cruz)
To: proust
That isn’t the same thing as natural born, now is it?
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:22:59 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Cruz, yeah, but...who ‘n’ hell are these other suits?
Me, I’d like to see one of two things: Cruz takes some tips on bareknuckle speaking from Trump and there comes to be a Cruz/-other- ticket that’s got some fire at the top, OR Cruz pulls Trump into a Cruz/Trump ticket that has political clarity at the helm, and a Number Two loaded for bear.
The office of Veep isn’t worth a bucket of warm piss; Biden hasn’t done much to it in eight years, so it can’t be a bad place to put a guy like Trump.
With a clear-thinking guy at the top who’s got his head on straight, it’d be great to have a VP attack dog like Trump to send pounding through the halls of Washington Bureaucracy for the next eight years shotgunning to death whatever’s left of Obama’s legacy.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:23:22 PM PDT
by
HKMk23
(You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
To: CitizenUSA
The Republican Party has the game rigged (with open primaries) against conservatives. Jeb will likely have strong support in blue states.The Republican Party has the game rigged (with open primaries) against conservatives. Jeb will likely have strong support in blue states. Perceptive. That will be the battleground that represents Jeb's citadel: Blue states, with open primaries and winner-take-all scoring.
New Yorks, New Jersey, Illinois and California, etc. will be Jeb's for the asking.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:23:25 PM PDT
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: Dr. Sivana
If he is still in at the convention, his delegates may be needed to choose a nominee. The threat of going 3rd Party if they pick the wrong one would make interesting wrangling. It's a fair point, my FRiend. However, please consider that if Mister Trump has planned to go third party all along, then he knows (and IIRC) that there are lead times to consider (logistics, and all that). Thus, I suspect that Mister Trump will manufacture an excuse to go rogue, third party, before the GOP convention.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:23:37 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I think it was a natural birth. ???
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:24:07 PM PDT
by
proust
("Jeb Bush is a good man. He's a good governor. I respect him" -Cruz)
To: okie01
So is NH ,
Mass invaded and won.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:24:56 PM PDT
by
ncalburt
( Amnesty-media out in full force)
To: proust
Now you’re going to play the stupid card? After attacking Cruz for months? Okay.
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:25:18 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
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To: Seaplaner
It's a fair point, my FRiend. However, please consider that if Mister Trump has planned to go third party all along, then he knows (and IIRC) that there are lead times to consider (logistics, and all that). Thus, I suspect that Mister Trump will manufacture an excuse to go rogue, third party, before the GOP convention.I think I heard him promise not to run 3rd party if he wins the GOP nomination. What more do you want? What more can you ask for?
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posted on
08/11/2015 5:26:00 PM PDT
by
Tau Food
(Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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