re: Do republicans on here want Jeb to run?

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It wouldn't matter who won

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This can't be stressed enough.

Jeb has a better map than any other candidate.

His machine can match Hillarys.

Stay out of the Bushes!

No.

Hell no.

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Rand won't get the money needed to win.

Issues? fricking $1.5 billion smear machine.

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rand will have plenty of money. The problem is woman. Rand will be more competitive with the young and POC but he will lose woman by 5-7%, and that will do him in.

moar polls

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32. I'm going to read a list of people who may be running in the Republican primaries for president in
2016. After I read all the names, please tell me which of those candidates you would be most likely
to support for the Republican nomination for president in 2016, or if you would support someone
else. Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, John Kasich,
Rand Paul, Mike Pence, Rick Perry, Rob Portman, Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Rick
Santorum, or Scott Walker. (RANDOM ORDER)
Nov. 21-23 2014

Romney 20%
Carson 10%
Bush 9%
Christie 8%
Huckabee 7%
Paul 6%
Ryan 6%
Cruz 5%
Walker 5%
Perry 4%
Rubio 3%
Kasich 2%
Santorum 2%
Jindal 1%
Pence 1%
Portman *

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CNN

I'll be the first (and probably only) Republican to say I want him to run - but that's because I want everyone to run who is a viable candidate, from far right to most moderate, so that the voters in the primaries and the caucuses are the ones who make the selection. The indisputable fact is that there is no clear early leader for the GOP nomination., not even anyone even sniffing at such a status. The more announced candidates going into the Fall the better. In 2008, the last time there was no incumbent, no less than 22 individuals announced their candidacies (12 GOP, 10 Dems) by the end of summer, 2007. The money follows the leaders, not the other way around. As each candidate drops out along the way, his/her supporters and financial backers move on to the next closest candidate and make that selection based on one of three criteria - best chance to win the nomination, best chance to win the general election, and that person's individual political positions, in variable order.

No Republican would "easily" defeat Clinton if she runs, but she can be beaten, no matter how much she separates herself from Obama in the next two years. Her performance in her four years as SOS was generally regarded as sub-par at best, and a failure in the eyes of many Independents (you know the Independents, they're the ones who decide the elections). She has vulnerabilities aplenty, and the Clinton name is not what it used to be. Even Bill's star power is fading. I don't want to be reading about Hillary Clinton Executive Orders 3 or 4 years from now, so I encourage every Republican who is interested to throw his/her hat in the ring and let it play out the way it always has.

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Yeah, I wouldn't wish a 51.4 point polling average lead on anyone.

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Of course, she is the clear front runner in the nomination process. But she is vulnerable to the left, and many lefties feel betrayed by obama who they thought wouldn't be a corporate frick.

Its a much bigger threat to her than Jeb or christie in the general.

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I respectfully disagree. I've never seen someone who has been such a consensus candidate (speaking solely about 2016 here).

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oh i think she wins both the nomination and the general.

But she is more vulnerable for the nomination IMHO. If she gets obama's share of the woman vote, she wins the general. And everything says she will get more. But she will be hit on by the left in the primaries, and will have a bit more of a fight on her hands.