questionmark Posted September 28, 2015 #1 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Jeb Bush is entering a critical phase of his Republican presidential campaign, with top donors warning that the former Florida governor needs to demonstrate growth in the polls over the next month or face serious defections among supporters. The warnings, expressed by numerous senior GOP fundraisers in recent days, come as Bush and an allied super PAC are in the early stages of an aggressive television ad campaign they say will help erase doubts about his viability. But Bush continues to battle against a steady decline in the polls, sinking to fifth place at just 7 percent in a national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday and similarly languishing in the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Read more 'nuther one bytes the dust? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted September 28, 2015 #2 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Time to give dad a call ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted September 28, 2015 #3 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Take Teump out of the equation, he's never going to get the nomination, and your left with Carson, Bush and Fioria. Americans are terrified, on the whole, of anything that suggests "a dynasty", a third Bush? Won't happen. My money's on the Brain Surgeon, you can run all sorts of "Anerica us sick, vote for a doctor" style ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted September 28, 2015 Author #4 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Take Teump out of the equation, he's never going to get the nomination, and your left with Carson, Bush and Fioria. Americans are terrified, on the whole, of anything that suggests "a dynasty", a third Bush? Won't happen. My money's on the Brain Surgeon, you can run all sorts of "Anerica us sick, vote for a doctor" style ads. Don't count out Rubio, he could make the nomination too. Carson, sticking to his guns even when wrong (see the Muslim debate) is not going to get much further than Trump. Now, it could be that the Republicans lost it and one of them gets actually nominated, but then the Dems could nominate Stalin (or Hildebeast) and still win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Krupe Posted September 28, 2015 #5 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I'd lay odds on Rubio, at least as early as this is. None of the non-politicians will make the nomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted September 28, 2015 #6 Share Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) All Bush does is scare the crap out of America with standard flag waving Republican propaganda. He doesn't have a chance in hell. May as well just break that news to the rich people that thought they could simply foist another Bush onto the United States. Read my lips, No New Bushes. Edited September 28, 2015 by OverSword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyades Posted September 28, 2015 #7 Share Posted September 28, 2015 The Bush dynasty is over hopefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted September 28, 2015 #8 Share Posted September 28, 2015 They Bushes has not attempted the burning bush protocol yet ... dad may still be on the other line with ye olde Party ~ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranormalcy Posted September 29, 2015 #9 Share Posted September 29, 2015 (edited) I notice it wasn't "VOTERS warn" but "donors". I hope every corporatist candidate goes down in flames. Bush a little more than most others, though I was thrilled Walker got ejected so early. I'm sure Bush will try his damndest to kowtow and caper and scrape and do the puppet dance they want him to, but when no support arrives, it will all be for naught, and we get to look back and chuckle over how ridiculous he was and how, like Hillary, surprised he was that he didn't just walk through the curtain and have the crown deposited atop his head like he naturally assumed, because he listened to people whose narrative is a fantasy world. Edited September 29, 2015 by Paranormalcy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted September 29, 2015 #10 Share Posted September 29, 2015 As the Republicans go Jeb Bush is about the only one I could vote for if I were an American. He is not as socially to the right and as much a patron of hate as most of the others seem to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted September 29, 2015 #11 Share Posted September 29, 2015 it's probably too soon to elect another Bush? Jeb seems timid ... like he would politely wait to bomb someone until they were done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted September 29, 2015 Author #12 Share Posted September 29, 2015 And, as I predicted: Marco Rubio has overtaken Donald Trump and secured second place for the first time in USA TODAY’s weekly GOP Power Rankings. Each week we ask about 30 political experts from around the country who they think is the strongest candidate in the Republican field. Trump dominated in the first weeks of our survey. But last week, after a strong debate performance, Carly Fiorina knocked Trump from first place, and this week Rubio has knocked him out of second, based in part on the fading of other candidates. Read more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidhead Posted September 29, 2015 #13 Share Posted September 29, 2015 And, as I predicted: A poll based on 30 peoples opinion? ...really? lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranormalcy Posted September 30, 2015 #14 Share Posted September 30, 2015 They're really, REALLY sure of their opinions though, so that makes them equal to 300 people, surely? I'm not seeing any actual polls saying any of this thought, Trump is still in the lead from what I've read, overall. I'm not sure how valid anyone in general considers these people - maybe they're the end-all-be-all, but i don't know. I don't care either way, and I would surely vote for Jeb over Fiorina if I was a Republican - not sure about Rubio, he is probably the better overall choice. I'm still not sure why they're dismissing the actual frontrunner, Trump, like they do Bernie. If polls don't matter anymore and don't mean anything, then why the hell does anybody pay attention to them at all, if you look at the frontrunners and go "Well, no, of course not, not them, not the ones leading by a large margin". It makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted September 30, 2015 #15 Share Posted September 30, 2015 There are lots of things wrong with polls, including the fact that people often lie and offer an answer they think might send a message rather than responding with what they really think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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