Hillary For President

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Therein lies a problem. Decent Republicans like Lugar, Baker, Scowcroft, Simpson, John Warner, etc. have all bailed from the freak show that the party has become.

Yet he was an institution for years in a VERY red state.

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by Boreas

You may be surprised by that. The Republicans have spent the last 6 years trying to disassociate themselves from W's legacy of needless war and economic catastrophe. If the "Bush name" has any influence at all, it'll be to drive voters away.

And then there's Jeb himself. The Tea Party won't like his position on immigration and he's getting squishier by the minute on gender equality. Then there are the younger voters who think they're "small-l libertarians". Jeb is too hawkish for them, is opposed to legalization of even medical marijuana and that squishiness on immigration reform won't help with them either... but for the opposite reasons.



But we're talking about the Republican nomination.

I know how the Rightys feel about the Bush family. The Tea Party folks do not want another Bush & although Rubio voted for immigration reform, he was put into power by the Tea Party wing. Marco has walked it back enough & still has "street cred" with the Latino crowd for voting for it & his handlers need to market him keeping that in mind in both English & Spanish.

Common Core is killing Bush as well & maybe his worst baggage. Pot is now a state issue & will have no effect on any Righty.

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by CarlV

Carl

ABC . Thank God they went after Romney for those terrible binders full of women's names for potential employment.

[bobabode]

I've never understood the far right opposition to Common Core.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

I've never understood the far right opposition to Common Core.

It's "Godless".

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Boreas

It's "Godless".

I figured it was more 'states rights' blather.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by finnbow

As does the WashPost Editorial Board.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...ada_story.html

So, now it's skating close to the edge.

Don't get me wrong Pat, I subscribe and read the Post daily, but this 'exclusive' book review masquerading as 'journalism' was a turd from the git go. The original byline failed to mention Schweizer's current job as a senior editor at Breitbart.com while only mentioning past work at Hoover and the G.W.administration. A fairly serious breach of ethics on the part of the Post's editorial board, imho. Digging further it's been pointed out that the 'author' is a POS liar and hack.

[bobabode]

Another thought on the Post, Jennifer Rubin is a Hiatt hire. That's why I call him a neocon.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Another thought on the Post, Jennifer Rubin is a Hiatt hire. That's why I call him a neocon.

Rubin provides a useful service, showing on a daily basis how bankrupt NeoCon ideology is - a useful idiot, as it were.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Rubin provides a useful service, showing on a daily basis how bankrupt NeoCon ideology is - a useful idiot, as it were.

Okay, that makes Hiatt just a connie, then.