As he did last month, Jeb Bush remains the potential candidate with the most support from Republicans, and he is also the best-known of the candidates tested. Former Governor Mike Huckabee shows the second-highest level of consideration, followed by Senators Rand Paul and Marco Rubio. Respondents could say “yes” to […] Read more »
Bush and Rubio might swing Florida for the GOP. It probably wouldn’t matter, though.
… Consider this: four potential Republican nominees come from sizable swing states that could – who knows! – swing the presidential election. Florida is home to Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, Wisconsin to Scott Walker and Ohio to John Kasich. Only one potential Democratic candidate hails from a traditional swing […] Read more »
Why This Scandal Won’t Hurt Hillary
… The Hillary Clinton e-mail controversy is just the latest entrée in a decades-long, calorie-rich menu provided by the former first lady and her husband. But will it make a difference in 2016? Scandal allegations are almost always an enormously time-consuming distraction and they make it virtually impossible to communicate […] Read more »
People say they are tired of the Bushes and Clintons. They’re not really.
Conventional wisdom goes like this: Americans are sick of dynastic politics. And, that fact means that Jeb BUSH and Hillary CLINTON are going to face a series of challenges because of their last names that wouldn’t be a problem if it was Jeb Jones and Hillary Smith running for office. […] Read more »
Jeb Bush’s Nightmare Scenario
Talk to enough Republican insiders about the presidential primary field, and you’ll get a common sentiment when it comes to Jeb Bush. Most strategists agree that Bush has to overcome serious hurdles to win the nomination, but they say he’s a formidable candidate thanks to his deep political network and […] Read more »
George W. Bush’s Quiet Comeback
If Hillary Clinton runs for president, many analysts note that she’ll have a formidable surrogate campaigner in her husband, the popular former President Bill Clinton. The other likely 2016 candidate from a presidential dynasty, Jeb Bush, probably won’t have the same family star power in his corner. … There are […] Read more »