Bush comment risks a label of Romney Redux

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By Eugene Robinson


Jeb Bush ought to be running away with the Republican nomination. He isn't, and his persona as a national candidate looks increasingly — how shall I put this? — Romneyesque.

Bush is supposed to be the safe, establishment-approved choice, which is where the Republican Party usually turns. He and his allied super PAC have raised a phenomenal $114 million thus far. The hot mess that is Donald Trump ought to be sending GOP primary voters toward Bush's column in droves. But the scion-in-waiting hasn't consolidated the establishment's support.

Instead, Bush made news for announcing an economic strategy that sounded straight from the Mitt Romney playbook. He told the New Hampshire Union Leader that “people need to work longer hours and, through their productivity, gain more income for their families.”

Simple as that, beleaguered American middle-class proles: You're slacking.

The echo of Romney's infamous “47 percent” remark was unmistakable. Bush seemed to blame those struggling in these unsettled economic times for their own predicament. Coming from a man who was born into great wealth and privilege, it was tone-deaf to say the least.

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150714/OPINION04/150719625

[djean111]

1. I think the GOP nominee will be Walker, unless Poppy Bush really leans on the Kochs.

Personality and past deeds won't count in the least to the GOP voters. I believe they will nominate a bland white man, because that is what they love most, and Walker is as bland as can be. Nothing sticks to him. And GOP voters have never cared about actual policy, just hate.

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2. And they think that he's won some victories....

never mind the actual state of his administration.

[djean111]

3. There really really is nothing Walker or Christie have done that GOP voters do not

admire the fuck out of. I think it a huge mistake to be complacent and think oh, when voters see what they have done to their states they will back away. No, the dummies admire bullying and deprivation. Their brains are wired differently.

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4. And that is what worries me the most....

I find myself cheering other republican candidates on, not because they are less scary, but because they would be easier to beat. I still think he would lost the general election, but I want the republicans to lost big time. Game changing landslide.