Poll: Just 1 in 4 Republicans want Jeb Bush to run, many slam as 'RINO'

[jct74]

Poll: Just 1 in 4 Republicans want Jeb Bush to run, many slam as 'RINO'

BY PAUL BEDARD | APRIL 23, 2014 AT 9:40 AM

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, considering a 2016 presidential bid, does not have the support of his party's base, with just one in four Republicans eager for him to run and an even worse 18 percent of self-identified conservatives backing his bid.

With the GOP considering a slew of conservative potential candidates, including former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, a new Economist/YouGov poll found that among the right, Bush is considered too moderate.

A word bubble produced by the poll showed the hurdles he faces entering the presidential race. The acronym RINO, or “Republican in name only,” is prominent, as is “legacy” and “Bush,” and the polling firm said that the public isn’t keen on having a third Bush presidency.

It is the latest from the polling duo that sizes up the standing of key 2016 candidates. It is a general poll of 1,000 Americans that included about 340 self-identified conservatives and 223 Republicans. While not a huge number, the pollster indicated that it was large enough to size up the candidates among the party faithful.

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http://washingtonexaminer.com/poll-...b-bush-to-run-slammed-as-rino/article/2547594

 

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[erowe1]

1 in 4 seems uncomfortably high.

 

[jct74]

Bush’s problems with Republicans may be similar to those faced by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. A large minority of Republicans dislike both men. 25% of Republicans view Bush unfavorably, as do nearly four in ten Americans overall.

Christie is disliked by even more Republicans (37% in this week’s poll). By contrast, only 15% of Republicans see Rand Paul negatively.

https://today.yougov.com/news/2014/04/21/jeb-bush-reputation-audit/

 

[jct74]

Jeb Bush: ‘I’m thinking about running for president’

Cristina Corbin
April 23, 2014

Jeb Bush said Wednesday he's "thinking about running for president," in his most direct statement yet about a possible 2016 run.

The former Florida governor spoke at a Catholic school benefit in New York Wednesday morning. He previously has said he'll make a decision on whether to run for president before the end of this year, making clear that he was considering the possibility.

But his comments on Wednesday appeared to be more direct. Asked what his "immediate plans" were, he said, according to an attendee: "I'm thinking about running for president."

The answer was met with applause and a standing ovation, after which Bush said: "Can someone call my mother so she can hear this?" the source told FoxNews.com.

His mother, Barbara Bush, has previously dismissed the prospect of another son running for president, saying "We've had enough Bushes." She later backed off that view, and even seemed to tout a possible Jeb Bush candidacy in a recent Fox News interview.

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read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/23/jeb-bush-im-thinking-about-running-for-president/

 

[acptulsa]

Christie is disliked by even more Republicans (37% in this week’s poll). By contrast, only 15% of Republicans see Rand Paul negatively.

Is this in spite of the liberal media's obvious efforts to marginalize Paul and play the others up, or because of them?

 

[CPUd]

With all the Reagan Republicans planning to run, he could have the distinction of being the first Bush Republican in the race.

 

[menciusmoldbug]

read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/23/jeb-bush-im-thinking-about-running-for-president/

This is fantastic news. Forcing Jeb Bush and Chris Christie to compete for the establishment vote is likely to offset some of the harm caused by having Ted Cruz fight Rand Paul for the Tea Party vote.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

Remember how Romney had only a weak 'roof' of 25-30% of Republicans wanting him to run? The establishment shill GOP candidate always has lukewarm support, so the mainstream/elite's technique is to always position him as the inevitable frontrunner, while diminishing and dividing the rest of the field so that they cancel each other out. This works through Iowa an NH. Watch for the MSM's drumbeat of, "X moderate is electable, maybe Y as well, but that's it, everybody else is second tier, or worse."

The leadership will then push social conservative candidates who divide that voting bloc such that the anointed moderate prevails in SC and other southern states, despite a low base vote. Bush is poised to repeat this process like Mitt and McCain before him, unless Rand can prevail over the media's coming soft blackout or "second tiering" of his candidacy.

 

[jtstellar]

lol

 

[erowe1]

This is fantastic news. Forcing Jeb Bush and Chris Christie to compete for the establishment vote is likely to offset some of the harm caused by having Ted Cruz fight Rand Paul for the Tea Party vote.

I don't see that as very much of a competition. If Bush runs, he'll be the consensus candidate for the establishment. Christie won't be able to compete with him for the big money and endorsements.

 

[acptulsa]

The leadership will then push social conservative candidates who divide that voting bloc such that the anointed moderate prevails in SC and other southern states, despite a low base vote. Bush is poised to repeat this process like Mitt and McCain before him, unless Rand can prevail over the media's coming soft blackout or "second tiering" of his candidacy.

It's as much our job as it is his.

The media likes to tell Republicans that Swing voters will only vote for Democrats and almost-Democrats. But voters never vote for almost-Democrats. If they want to vote for a Democrat they vote for the real thing. If they don't want to vote for a Democrat they get pissed when both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party give them Democrats to choose from. Never fails.

It's clearly up to us to make Republicans see that the winning Republican stands up for his principles, he doesn't run from them. McCain made a career of working with Democrats from Feingold to Kennedy. Reagan stood up to them and called them to task for their excesses. Which one got enough crossover votes to win a presidential election or two?

 

[ObiRandKenobi]

he is polling well at msnbc

 

[Peace&Freedom]

It's clearly up to us to make Republicans see that the winning Republican stands up for his principles, he doesn't run from them. McCain made a career of working with Democrats from Feingold to Kennedy. Reagan stood up to them and called them to task for their excesses. Which one got enough crossover votes to win a presidential election or two?

We know what we would like to see from the rank and file GOP, but they have fallen for the "divide the conservative base, so the milquetoast moderate wins the nomination" elite strategy pretty consistently. The only thing that went even slightly wrong with their basic scheme in 2012 was Gov. Perry, who ran such a awful campaign that by the time of the SC primary, the candidate could not split the socon vote enough with Newt to allow Romney to win SC. That loss put severe skids on Mitt's momentum that took him weeks to recover from, but with the media and GOP leadership drumbeat behind him, he did anyway. This is the severity and general effectiveness of the pattern that we are tasked to break.

 

[Cleaner44]

Bush won't get off the ground in the primaries. Just keep talking to other Republican voters about how he is a RINO and how McCain and Romney proved that doesn't work. We will own the primary discussion. Regular Republican voters are tired of losing and will gladly back Rand.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Related:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?450420-Jeb-Bush-scandals-story-scrubbed-by-Mother-Jones!

 

[CPUd]

I could see a lot of Democrats voting for Jeb in open primary states.

 

[erowe1]

I could see a lot of Democrats voting for Jeb in open primary states.

No chance of that. If there's a big Dem crossover strategy, then it will be in hopes of sabotaging the presumptive nominee by voting for the 2nd place guy, not helping the establishment pick win. It will be the same idea as Operation Chaos, and other instances like it, such as McCain beating Bush in Michigan in 2000.

 

[NorfolkPCSolutions]

Holy shit, one in four Republicans view Jeb Bush as a RINO? Fuck...one in four Republicans are Republicans In Name Only. Allow me to offer the group a glimpse into the very near future: the 2016 GOP Nominating Convention.

"...It is the opinion of the Chair that Jeb Bush is the only candidate that can guarantee success in the 2016 Presidential Election."

Unless...is there a chance...a small one, that folks are waking the hell up? Or is this wishful thinking?

I mean, isn't that the kind of genius fucking thinking that gave us the Mittster in 2012?