According to the Washington Post, Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney are sizing each other up as competitors for the Republican nomination in 2016. (Who would have thought we would have competitors named Mitt and Jeb? Why not more mainstream names like Bill, or John, or George, or Barack?)[read_more] Both Jeb and Mitt are former Governors, both moderate Republicans, and both very competitive. It’s no secret that both of the them would like to be President. Both are lining up potential donors.
“A Romney-Bush race could end up being nastier than Jeb against someone like Ted Cruz or Rand Paul,” Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, said of the Texas and Kentucky senators. “A Cruz-Bush race is pretty straightforward and ideological. A Romney-Bush race would be more personal — about whose turn it is and who is owed it.”
Who would be your choice for the Republican nominee in 2016, Jeb or Mitt? My choice would be ‘none of the above”. Perhaps Rand Paul’s secret weapon will make a difference.
Interesting wedding pictures, Michelle and Barack Obama in 1992 and Ann and Mitt Romney in 1969. Who’s got the class? (Yes, I know the pictures have nothing to do with this post. I just thought some readers might find the photos interesting as I did.)
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NEITHER!
That is all.
No Bush, no Mittens
Do the comments in this thread lead one to believe that the lack of unity in the Republican Party will certainly be difficult to overcome? Difficult or impossible?
No matter who’s name is on the ballot?
The lack of unity will persist if the RINOs continue to be nomited ( Bush, Romney, McCain, Perry, etc.). If we can scare them off then the disunity will – I believe – quickly become boisterous, hell-for-leather and ultimately victorious support for our next republican (little “r” intentional).
Of course there will be a sprited and healthy fist fight amongst a large but short lived field in advance of the unity.
At this point, I don’t think we have anyone who can beat Hillary. And God forbid that she should be our next president! The Republican party is going to h**l in a hand basket. I left 6 years ago to become an independent. No Bush is going to win this election no matter how much money he raises or what he thinks. The name has been poisoned by Barack Obama to the majority of voters in this country.
Mike Pence for President!!!!!!
Bush or Romney , neither. I want a Republican , jobs in America for Americans , anything else republicans will be seeking to suck the equity in labor by importing foreign labor all while shafting Americans. We need to look no further than the Virginia Republican Legislative Majority and previous administration for confirmed credibility on this statement. If good ” leadership ” is grass roots or starts at the state level “Virginia Republicans stink”. If they can’t lead at the state level how will the lead on a National level ?
We have a saying on the job ; Piss Poor Planning Leads to Piss poor Performance.
Where’s the beef? I feel like I’m reading another Bearing Drift tabloid article. There is a serious flaw when you ask someone which of two colors is better instead of asking what their favorite is. You presume we like the two you propose and, quite frankly, both make me sick to my stomach. Now if the author truly supports “conservative candidates”, why after 20 years is she asking us which liberal we like better? Makes zero sense.
Reread the article. The writer would choose “none of the above.” The article is a somewhat subtle way of saying, “Look! the media is trying to force us to choose between Jeb and Mitt.” In short, your ire is misdirected.
touche’
#StandWithRand
Anyone who believes either of these fellows is “progressive” is either a fringe crackpot–the kind who insist anyone who stops short of wanting to put Jews is ovens is “progressive”–or an ill-informed, overly credulous fellow who has been misled by the far-right press.
In short, he fits the profile of a significant portion of the Republican party at present. His problem is that most Republicans (and the vast majority of Americans) are repulsed by such views, and won’t support them. The GOP has a real problem right now; in the next few years, in fact, it’s in danger of becoming extinct–reduced to a pair of irrelevant, regional third parties. The history of the two-party system suggests this won’t happen, that cooler heads will prevail and right the ship, but righting the ship at the moment means taking the party significantly to the left of just about every elected pol that represents it, and at the moment–when it’s all about fringe people arguing that the very conservatibve Bush and Romney are “progressive”–it’s difficult to see how this reform even starts.
Lets see others are potential “fringed crackpots” but you are the one that can’t write a coherent comment without a reference to the Holocaust. Did you get lost on the way to the Daily Kos?
oh snap! pwnage!
Really, your purported reasoning is so riddled with errors that rational thinkers have to give serious consideration to the possibility that you are merely a liberal trolling…
I will point out the most glaring error since you used it as an example:
“the kind who insist anyone who stops short of wanting to put Jews is ovens is “progressive”–”
Any reasonably informed student of history knows perfectly well that Hitler and the Nazi Party were -in point of actual fact – progressives. Extreme left-wing, not right-wing. And, the sentiments expressed then are being expressed today all over europe by the same left-wing types.
Not sure much “sizing up” is going on here. These guys and their camps have known and actively disliked each other for years within the establishment side of the Republican Party. Would be interesting to hear the respective pitches to fat cat corporate donors for cash in the months ahead by these two and the pledges given for it.
Another Bob Dole? Another Johnnyboy-mcUseless? Another chance for Romney to remind us of his healthcare genius and his lack of spine? Another edition of the Neocon Trilogy writ large in a third version entitled: “Daddy didn’t get it right, neither did BigBroGeorge, so now it’s MY TURN? Not on my watch, never happen—y’all want to encourage a 3rd party challenger? Go ahead, this will bring it on for sure!
With unemployment at 5.6%, and gasoline under $2, what difference does it make what name the Republican’s run? The economy will now take off with cheap gas.
Just what crisis, or fear, with be created to run on? Will it be, vote for me and I will take healthcare away from millions? Or?
Isn’t the real question going to be how long will the cheap gas last? Or, which Party can convince voters it is they who will be able to print the most money? Or, will President Obama balance the budget before Election Day?
Let’s face it. Without Federal money, we would all live in a different world.
The economy will take off with cheap gas… like in 2008 right?
Without federal money… because that money doesn’t come from the people right?
Where do you get this stuff from?
I remember $4 gas in 2008, and you? How does anybody know where Federal money comes from, because the Fed cannot be audited?
However, my understanding is that we are $17 Trillion in debt? Does anybody know where that money will come from?
Are you implying that if the Federal government does not spend money that it does not have, we would have the same standard of living we now have?
Not sure what point you are trying to make?
Reinhardt – when GW left office, gas was $1.75 nationwide, and 1.49 at the Sheetz in Winchester. Just FYI.
It was even cheaper than that is some areas. But only for about 2 months.
Why? Because the economy was destroyed, and there was no demand. The housing market and Stock market had crashed, we had lost millions of jobs.
No demand due to 8 years of failed leadership.
Actually if you remember correctly, the price of gasoline went down immediately after GW issued an executive order which allowed for the exploration of oil in ANWR. Nice try though.
Are you implying that the Bush 43′ administration was a success?
No. I’m stating that your above comment about gas being $4.00 in 2008 was because of Democratic stall tactics for years. Once GW could get allow for some drilling in ANWR, the price of gas went down immediately.
Once Obama closed off ANWR exploration, then the price of gas went back up (remember that gasoline is traded on the open market same as stocks are). Once we started fracking, the price of gas has plummeted.
That was what I was stating. How you got that I said the Bush 43 administration was a success out of that, is beyond me.
I think that you may be being naive if you think that just one event like just opening ANWR for exploration, would drive the price of gasoline up and down in a couple months.
Opening for exploration did not instantly produce crude, or change demand. It would take years to actually produce and get to market.
Besides, prove that the low price of oil today is not because of the aggression of Russia, but because of fracking?
Isn’t lowering the price of crude oil the easiest way for the world to deal with the apparent Russian expansion plans?
If the chief criteria upon which we choose our next nominee for President, is his or her ability to raise money or even to recognize their name, we lessen the more inspirational and doctrinal or creedal means by which we should evaluate each candidate including a few that choose not to run, that should and could and would be better candidates. Every January we should have each local unit vote for their favorite son or daughter and then in the Presidential election year hold our district, state and national conventions over the next three months to choose our nominee earlier and get behind his or her campaign sooner.
Either Romney or Bush will be the continuation of the progressive era. Make no mistake, they are big Federal Government liberal Republicans. Either one as the nominee I fear will serve to elect Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren. Speaking from the trenches, both the activist base and non activist but reliable GOP Voter has had it!!! They are tired of weasels and seek LEADERSHIP and governance, not rulers. I spent a good part of this past week on those upset with the Boehner vote, not to leave the party, they are the very ones we need to create a bold conservative and muscular party.
Neither of these dolts will be president. The level of disgust with republicans is palpable. The number of people going independent is remarkable. I think the Republican party is on its way out for good after 2016.
Once again, the Republican party is being led to nominate a sure loser by the MEDIA and the “Carl Rove’s” of the political arena. Ask anyone who belongs to the growing population of the Country who considers themselves NOT a R or a D, about Jeb or Mitt running and see what kind of response you get.
No Bush, No Mittens. What about Mitch Daniels of Indiana or Scott Walker of MN for moderates. Ted Cruz for my Conservative choice. Even Rick Perry is preferable to those 2. Ben Carson for Surgeon General, Newt for Sec State, Trey Gowdy for Atty General, Allen West for UN, John Bolton for Sec Def
I think Ted would be an awesome name for our next President.
That’s a nice name and we’ve had previous a previous President with that name.
Research what his wife does for a living and tell us he’s not a crony-capitalist.
Seriously? Is that all you’ve got?
is that “seriously” all you got?…. Ted like the bear. HAHAHA. You all suck!