Chris Christie or Jeb Bush? GOP fundraisers consider their options

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Now that it's clear former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., is seriously considering running for president in 2016, Republican donors who were ready to get behind another prospective candidate, Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., are rethinking their options.

"Those of us that have been dedicated to the Bush family for years would obviously have to take a Jeb candidacy into extremely serious consideration," Fred S. Zeidman, a Texas businessman, told the New York Times.

Zeidman is part of a network of donors with strong ties to the Bush family -- he helped George W. Bush win the White House twice -- but he's also helped Christie build connections to potential financial backers. Like Zeidman, the New York Times found after talking to more than two dozen Republican donors, the GOP's core backers are torn between the two potential candidates.

Neither Bush nor Christie has officially announced whether they're running or not, but if both did, "It would be awkward. It would be very awkward," Christine Todd Whitman, a former Republican governor of New Jersey, told the Times.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-christie-or-jeb-bush-gop-fundraisers-consider-their-options/

[Dawson Leery]

1. As President, both would engage in war crimes.

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3. the teabuggers will not be amused.

[Cha]

2. Oh I dunno.. which one has the better smooch?..

[global1]

4. So Is Crispy Completely Out Of The Spotlight On The GWB Lane Closures?......

What happened to the investigation? Is it still on-going? Or did he come out smelling like a rose?

[customerserviceguy]

5. It's not over

but I doubt that he will be fully exonerated by December of this year. And as we all know, campaigning for the Presidency begins in earnest the day after the midterm elections.

From what I've read over at Politico, the big moneymen would be perfectly happy with Hillary if Cruz or especially Paul wins the Rethug nomination. Frankly, since she's essentially guaranteed to win both the nomination and the general in 2016, the Repuke moneymen would like to use the 2016 election to get rid of Paul and the tea party, and having them labelled "Big Losers" after 2016 would be convenient for them.

Hillary showed that she would jump through the moneymen's hoops when she was Senator, why shouldn't they trust her now?

[Lasher]

6. Silly voters think they get to decide.

Candidates are being selected now by big donors. Come election day it will be one corporate toadie against the other corporate toadie.

[okaawhatever]

7. Ugh. Pick between bad and worse. nt