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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOver the past 24 Years, The Bushes are the only Republicans to win the Presidency
And, going into 2016, the strongest contender for the Republican nomination will be Jeb Bush.
Reminds me of this scene from "Game of Thrones":
(p.s. it's a fake deer.)
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Over the past 24 Years, The Bushes are the only Republicans to win the Presidency (Original Post)
Yavin4
Nov 2012
OP
Bush brand still very toxic. Jeb won't be able to shake that legacy. It's his son I worry about
smorkingapple
Nov 2012
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putitinD
(1,551 posts)1. If by winning, you mean stealing
Recursion
(56,582 posts)2. The Freeper types blame the Bushes for their woes
Actually the rhetoric of the far wings of both DU and FR are kind of indistinguishable at times: "we didn't attract enough votes, so our next candidate must be farther from the center..."
Mme. Defarge
(8,033 posts)3. Actually, the last year Republicans won
a presidential election was 1988.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)4. Fake ELK
I loved that scene. Awesome art direction.
smorkingapple
(827 posts)5. Bush brand still very toxic. Jeb won't be able to shake that legacy. It's his son I worry about
No way Jeb can rehab the Bush name in only 4 years, especially if economy is humming come 2016.
His son can be a problem though. Will have the Bush name and "looks the part" of Presidential and Hispanic.
Plus he's bilingual.
Watch for him. By 2024-2028, many new voters will have forgotten Bush years.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)6. RW will reject him. He's brown.