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user-inactivated  ·  3474 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pols And Polls Say The Same Thing: Jeb Bush Is A Weak Front-Runner

As soon as he said that he would have invaded Iraq with all the current knowledge that we have, his campaign was over. And then he backed up the truck and ran it over again when he backtracked. Great examples of no understanding of the electorate and a huge willingness to change his mind on core issues when confronted with negative opinion.

The man had literally years and years to think about his answer to that question which he must have known would come during any Presidential campaign and chose the answer which slaps common sense and the fiscally conservative part of the Republicanism in the face. How do you want to lower the national debt, lower taxes, AND lower spending while at the same time saying that our spending of now 1.7 trillion and counting was a worthwhile effort? What did we gain there? Last I read we supplied ISIS with their Humvees. Not how I would have spent the money.

And once he is told by everyone that what he's just said is not polling very well, he takes it back. Completely recants. Standing with his brother no longer matters to him, and he's willing to do whatever it takes. That's not someone I would ever vote for. That's someone who does not have integrity whatsoever.

There's no surprise that he's a weak front-runner. The GOP was stupid to put him out there as their white knight in the first place. His last name is Bush, and that's a huge obstacle for so many likely voters. Even people who don't follow politics get in on the Bush bash. And they pick his BROTHER to go out there? What a bunch of back door dealing bullshit.

What's even better is that the only guy polling well enough against Hillary (at this VERY early stage) is Rand Paul and they're pretending like he doesn't even exist. If they would have given Rand Paul the resources and connections that Bush has he'd be doing even better than he is, and he would be more well-known amongst Republicans likely to vote in primaries. But he's not, and if the GOP doesn't learn that there aren't many candidates who can make any inroads against Hilary Clinton (someone with a name that many many people like even though they may not like her) they will lose elections.