Thursday, February 19, 2015

(Despite money and connections) JEB! can be beaten

Is JEB! the "John Connally" of 2016?

(Daily Caller) - On the same Chicago trip where he gave his “I am my own man” foreign policy speech, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was set to raise “north of $4 million.” That’s in one day. Jeb Bush’s team denied reports they planned to raise $100 million in the first quarter to scare other potential candidates out of the 2016 Republican primaries. But there is no denying that they are raising money and snapping up staff at a fevered clip. They seem to have only gathered steam since muscling Mitt Romney out of the presidential race. Now Jeb is setting himself up nicely to be the Republican Party’s inevitable nominee, according to the conventional wisdom. Don’t believe it. Jeb Bush certainly can win, but he’s arguably the weakest Republican frontrunner since Nelson Rockfeller in 1964 — the year Barry Goldwater won the nomination. Read more.

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