Tag: Campaign 2016
GOP Frontrunner Jeb Bush Fumbles Position on Marriage Equality
The victory was not welcomed unanimously, of course. Among the first to speak for the dyspeptic was Jeb Bush, Florida’s former governor and the GOP’s putative 2016 presidential frontrunner. It was Bush’s first campaign-related statement this year — and it did not go smoothly.
Has Jeb Been Out of Politics Too Long?
Jeb Bush, it’s been a long time since he’s run for office. Politics has changed dramatically since his last race.
— White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer, in an interview with the Huffington Post.
There Goes Webb’s Prez Run!
$100,000
Amount Jim Webb’s (D) “Born Fighting PAC” paid to his wife and daughter, according to Business Insider. Webb launched a 2016 presidential exploratory committee last month. “Records show his committee essentially ceased political activities once Webb revealed his decision to depart Congress. However, Born Fighting PAC continued to contribute to Webb’s family long after it stopped giving to the candidates and groups it was ostensibly established to support … The majority of the money Webb’s wife and daughter received from the committee came after it stopped giving money to politicians and political groups.”
Hey, Job-Seeker Liz Lauten – Fellow GOP Mean Girl Carly Fiorina Is Staffing up for a Presidential Run
From the 2010 U.S. Senate campaign in California, at minute 04:00, GOP candidate Carly Fiorini dishes on Sen. Barbara Boxer, “What’s with that hair? Soooo yesterday.”
Here is more hope for the tens of people who’ve been worried about tea-party operative and infamous cyber-bully Liz Lauten’s employment prospects. National Journal reports that former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorini is running for president in 2016. The good news for Lauten, potentially, is that Fiorini, an infamous GOP mean girl herself, is hiring.
