Thursday, April 9, 2015

GOP Foreign Policy Factions Tussle for Sway in JEB! Bush Campaign Team

They think they are buying another war.  Can I disappoint, or doublecross?
(Wall Street Journal) - Two prominent factions within the Republican foreign policy establishment are fighting for control over who will help guide former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush‘s policy positions as he gears up for a campaign for the presidency. 

More hawkish Republicans — represented by the prominent, interventionist neoconservatives who populated the ranks of the George W. Bush administration — have repeatedly raised concerns about the more pragmatic foreign policy team being assembled around Mr. Bush. In the most recent dustup, Mr. Bush’s political operation put the brakes on a pick for the top foreign policy job in the yet-to-be-announced campaign after worries that the choice would cause too much tension with the neoconservative wing of the party, which includes many prominent donors. Read more.

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