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Jeb Bush a Solid Moderate Republican

December 17, 2014 Buck Banks

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Jeb Bush’s ideological score based on a combination of three statistical indices created by Nate Silver. Bush’s score is “similar to Romney and McCain, each of whom scored a 39. He’s much more conservative than Huntsman, who rates at a 17. Still, Bush is more like his father, George H.W. Bush, who rates as a 33, than his brother George W. Bush, who scores a 46. And the Republican Party has moved to the right since both Poppy and Dubya were elected.”

There Are (at Least) 23 Good Reasons Why Jeb Bush Should Not Run for President

December 17, 2014 Buck Banks

Jeb Bush has made his intentions about running for the high office his father and brother occupied. Mother Jones magazine offers a scathing list of 23 reasons he should probably reconsider.

As the magazine puts it: “From questionable business dealings to allegations of philandering, the former Florida governor’s past is an opposition researcher’s dream.”

George Bush: Pushing Jeb to Run Doesn’t Help

December 8, 2014 Buck Banks

I have no clue where his head is now. By the way, people say: ‘Convince your brother to run.’ You can’t convince him to run – only he can make the decision. And pushing him doesn’t help, by the way.

— Former President George W. Bush, in a CNN interview.

GOP Voters STILL Prefer Romney in 2016

December 2, 2014 Buck Banks

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Margin by which Mitt Romney leads the GOP presidential field, followed by Ben Carson at 10%, Jeb Bush at 9%, Chris Christie at 9% and Mike Huckabee at 7%, a new CNN/ORC International poll finds. When Romney is left off the survey, Bush takes the top spot.

Jeb Bush Ponders Toll of Running for President

December 2, 2014 Buck Banks

And perhaps more important, can I do it where the sacrifice for my family is tolerable? Every person that runs for office at any level — it’s a big sacrifice because it’s a pretty ugly business right now.

— Jeb Bush, quoted by Bloomberg, on running for president.

W. Says He’ll Still Like Bill ‘When Jeb Beats Hillary’

November 13, 2014November 13, 2014 Buck Banks

Bill and I are going to have to have some interesting things to talk about. Look, I’ll still like him when Jeb beats Hillary.

— Former President George W. Bush, quoted by Business Insider, on his brother’s potential 2016 presidential campaign.

George W. Says Odds Are Even Jeb Bush Will Run for President

November 10, 2014 Buck Banks

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Odds that Jeb Bush (R) will run for president in 2016, according to his brother former President George W. Bush, The Hill reports.

As 2016 Presidential Campaign Gets Underway, Poll Finds Tea Party Base Dissatisfied With GOP Field

November 4, 2014November 4, 2014 Jon Ponder

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As the midterm elections wind down and the 2016 presidential campaign gets underway, polling analysis by Aaron Blake at the Washington Post finds that voters are unimpressed with the GOP bench:

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Jeb Bush Not Pulling a ‘Hamlet’ Over Prez Run Decision

October 29, 2014 Buck Banks

I’m not like really freaking out about this decision, to be honest with you.

— Jeb Bush, quoted by the Tennessean, on running for president in 2016.

George Says He’d Vote for Jeb — But Not for Political Reasons

October 3, 2014 Buck Banks

I would definitely vote for him, I think it’s safe to say, otherwise I may not be invited back home for Thanksgiving.

— George P. Bush (R), quoted by the Wall Street Journal, on whether he would support a White House bid for his father Jeb. He had previously said he was “staying out of the race.”

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I have no clue where his head is now. By the way, people say: ‘Convince your brother to run.’ You can’t convince him to run – only he can make the decision. And pushing him doesn’t help, by the way.

— Former President George W. Bush, in a CNN interview.

20%

Margin by which Mitt Romney leads the GOP presidential field, followed by Ben Carson at 10%, Jeb Bush at 9%, Chris Christie at 9% and Mike Huckabee at 7%, a new CNN/ORC International poll finds. When Romney is left off the survey, Bush takes the top spot.

And perhaps more important, can I do it where the sacrifice for my family is tolerable? Every person that runs for office at any level — it’s a big sacrifice because it’s a pretty ugly business right now.

— Jeb Bush, quoted by Bloomberg, on running for president.

Bill and I are going to have to have some interesting things to talk about. Look, I’ll still like him when Jeb beats Hillary.

— Former President George W. Bush, quoted by Business Insider, on his brother’s potential 2016 presidential campaign.

50-50

Odds that Jeb Bush (R) will run for president in 2016, according to his brother former President George W. Bush, The Hill reports.

I’m not like really freaking out about this decision, to be honest with you.

— Jeb Bush, quoted by the Tennessean, on running for president in 2016.

I would definitely vote for him, I think it’s safe to say, otherwise I may not be invited back home for Thanksgiving.

— George P. Bush (R), quoted by the Wall Street Journal, on whether he would support a White House bid for his father Jeb. He had previously said he was “staying out of the race.”

Poetic Justice

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“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%