Republican operatives in New Hampshire have told Real Clear Politics that they’ve been contacted by a Jeb Bush confidant about running his operation in the state for a 2016 presidential campaign.
The unnamed GOP strategists told the news outlet that they had been told to “keep your powder dry” by those close to Bush.
“I think the decision’s been made, personally,” one of the strategists said. Another added: “I’ve definitely perceived an uptick in the perception of him doing this.”
They hadn’t spoke with Bush directly, according to RCP, but were offered the opportunity to talk with him.
Bush’s family, including his older brother and father who have held the White House, has been heavily lobbying for him to run. Bush himself said this week that he’d make a decision about whether to enter the 2016 race “in short order.”
JarJarBush is hoping his brother wins so he, JarJar, can ride around in helicopters and AirForceOne in his sweet potato enhanced flight suit…
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Finally!! I’ve always thought someone from that family should be president.
I said this a while back and I stand by it now: the GOP nominee in '16 will be JEB. For those out there who think that’s the most absurd thing they’ve ever heard, I say look at the rest of the clown car.
In my mind, it’s along a similar vein as what Charlie Pierce coined when Mittens was running for POTUS back in '12 : “I’m all you’ve got, bitches, so live with it.” Of course, it’s nothing less than a disgrace that yet another resident of the Bush family crime syndicate can make their way onto the national political stage and still garner some kind of support. But, he’ll trot out the now grown brown ones, spout off about “realistic” no longer “compassionate” conservatism and claim that his brother is the real victim, not the rest of the country.
I mean, look at the alternative? Ham sandwiches everywhere are feeling left out…