Quote:It's Bush and Clinton unless we have an upset somewhere.


Santorum and Huckabee are splitting the evangelical vote. Cruz and Perry will split the southern conservative vote. Rand is getting the libertarian vote. the rest will default to the best man with the deepest pockets to run a full campaign against the democrats. The deep pockets are all behind Jeb. Best hope is Jersey Boy Christi siphons some of the northeastern republican votes and someone either the conservative or libertarians candidate is close enough to take him down.

 

It's only a Bush/Clinton race because that's what the media is telling you.  Honestly, who is really supporting both campaigns?  It's certain groups and certain corporate interests.  Does that really reflect "main stream America"?  Right now the "barometer" of who is a "serious" candidate is decided by looking at how much money they can raise for their campaigns.

 

I can see Clinton getting the democrat nomination, only because there is no one else in her party that has a message that would appeal to the majority of voters.  However, I think that she will eventually be torn to shreds when it comes to her "experience" and past dealings.  I could be wrong though, because most of her base has the actual knowledge and sense of reality that could fit into an ant's left shoe, but her past "experience" will eventually come back to haunt her.  If she gets the democrat nomination, she loses simply because of the truth.

 

I don't think that Jeb Bush will get the republican side of the vote simply because of his last name.  Would I support him if he is the nominee?  I would only because I agree more with him rather than any of the candidates on the other side of the political spectrum.  I watched his speech when he announced his intention to get into the race.  Parts of it I agree with, other parts I don't.

 

After watching the announcement speeches by both, I don't see either one defining a specific problem and how they would approach it.  All I saw was a "fund raising" speech.

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