OMG! Rachel just said that New Hampshire residents are getting calls asking

[gateley]

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Newt Gingrich: Favorable or Unfavorable?

Mitt Romney: Favorable or Unfavorable?

JEB BUSH?!?!?!?: Favorable or Unfavorable.

What the FUCK?

EDIT: UPDATE (sort of) Just Googled this and lots of people were commenting on it but Jeb's spokesperson said they didn't know who was behind it, that his is not running in 2012.

[RebelOne]

1. Just saw that. Jeb Bush? We do not need another Bush. n/t

[tblue37]

2. I've been thinking it would come to this. nt

[gateley]

9. A lot of people have been suggesting it might come to this. The

question is -- HAS it come to this?

I think the GOP would be giddy if he came in to save the day.

Terrifying.

[elleng]

12. I agree, gate: GIDDY!

[Mimosa]

26. Methinks you could be right, Gately. n/t

[gkhouston]

29. .. and so would the Democrats. n/t

[Terra Alta]

3. Surely people aren't stupid enough to elect another Bush.

Are people's memories THAT short, to have forgotten the eight years of disaster Dumbya brought to this country? Jeb would be another disaster.

[Angry Dragon]

5. He would be worse..............

[DonCoquixote]

8. why do you think

they are having the convention in Tampa?

Of course, this is going to backfire, as Tampa is also a Tea Party Town.

[gateley]

11. Yes they are. They really are that stupid. Look at what happened

during the mid-terms.

[Auntie Bush]

33. But he's the smart one and yes the people are just that stupid and have short memories.

They elected Bush JR twice didn't they?

[diane in sf]

35. They're probably not stupid enough to elect jeb, but they never elected george either.

The BFEE has a pretty impressive, multi-dimensional vote stealing machine.

[Remember Me]

38. Is there anything left to steal??? No Bush would want it otherwise

There hasn't been enough time for the Dem president to build the Treasury, etc., back up.

Or, what's the matter with me. Perhaps he'd enjoy the further implementation of the Shock Doctrine here in the U.S. -- martial law would be FUN for a Bush, don't you think? GWB would envy Jeb mightily.

[kath]

39. Murkans are incredibly, unfathomably stupid.

SBT - Sad But True.

[jtrockville]

4. Maybe they're thinking in terms of VPOTUS?

[gateley]

15. I wonder who's behind the calls? Could just be some rich folks who WANT

Jeb to run - or you may have a point about the VP slot.

But the half the GOP hates Romney, the other half hates Gingrich, so they may be begging Jeb to step in.

[Firebrand Gary]

6. I just threw up in my mouth.

Jeb really? Let Obama run against a Bush. That's an easy sound bite.

[gateley]

17. It made my blood run cold, I swear. nt

[napi21]

7. Yep, I hear that! The RW ,ight love the idea, but I think the majority of the country stil

remembert Dummmy W all too well. PLUS, No other candidate can get on all the primary ballots anymore. Heck, even the Newtster didn'[t get on one of them, I think Mo., and had to send a hand written app. to a State in the NE. Ct. I think

[gateley]

19. I think you're giving a big chunk of the American people too much credit. I have

no faith that they wouldn't fall for another Bush.

Is it possible for another candidate to jump in and get handwritten votes w/out being on the ballot?

[napi21]

23. It's possible for a write in to get votes, but I don't think it's at all possible for

a write in candidate, no matter who it was, to win an election.

[elleng]

10. No surprise to me; been waiting for this.

[gateley]

20. We don't know who's behind it, if he's even willing, whatever but yeah --

a lot of people have been saying this for quite a while.

[Ptah]

13. Flash back : Jon Kyl / Jeb Bush

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=528043&mesg_id=528047

[proud patriot]

14. Well what do you know

the republican party is leaderless .. that's got to be damn scary for those authoritarian bastids

[orpupilofnature57]

16. Grassy Knoll effect ?

[unionworks]

18. Heard it too.

Not sure what to think. More feedback please.

[Richard Charnin]

21. Another Bush? After stealing it in 1988, 2000 and 2004..now they want Jebby to steal 2012?

The 2012 Presidential True Vote Model: How Obama Could Lose

http://richardcharnin.wordpress.com/category/2012-election/

The 2012 True Vote Model (TVM) indicates that Obama needs a 55% True Vote share to win a majority of the recorded vote. The pre-election 2012 Presidential TVM determines popular vote shares over a range of 2008 voter turnout rates and shares of returning and new voters. The TVM is not designed to forecast the election. That is the purpose of the upcoming 2012 Election Model (EM), which uses Monte Carlo simulation to forecast the electoral vote and win probability based on pre-election polls.

[gateley]

24. It's second nature to them -- piece o' cake. nt

[gateley]

27. A lot of people have been predicting Jeb would rear his ugly head.

I don't know who is behind the calls, if it's just a trial balloon or what. We'll have to see.

I think W (actually Cheney and Rumsfeld) attached Iraq because of the "gift" of 9/11 -- gave them an excuse (lies) to go in to get the oil that Cheney had already divvied up among the Big Oil Boys. I think W LOVED the idea because of Saddam's attack on HW. Win/win.

[teddy51]

28. You want to talk about my views on 911? LOL

[glowing]

25. I actually think its just a tally to see how tarnished the Bush name

is at this point. Honestly, I still think its way too early for another Bush to try and step into the White House. Also, there are enough stories of how awful FL has become because of his direction.. All those tests for NCLB that teachers and parents are hating were started in FL first with the ole' FCAT. Seems to me that FL was a testing stage for what happened later on to the rest of the country. All those tax cuts for the wealthy, give away's to big corporations for being in the state, all the insurance issues and expenses (the whole No Fault was supposed to be such an insurance savings. It has been the opposite). I honestly don't think they would dare run a Bush yet. I think it won't be until 2016. And the Dem would have to be absolutely horrible.

Its going to be an interesting year anyway. OWS and the spring/ summer spin out is going to make things very interesting. I'm hoping we will see more progressive, pro people instead of corporate candidates running local to house and senate positions. People are paying a bit of attention. People are tired of corporations and wealthy people buying favor and for the rest of the 99% to be screwed royally. I bet there are only a handful of bill that may have passed that favor people, rather than big corp or wall st or banksters or rich people... and many of the "pro-people" legislation that has been touted has also come at the expense of the people like extending Bush tax cuts, the mandatory buy private insurance health care reform act without even the slightest push for a public option.... There's not much that is done by our elected officials that doesn't favor their wealthy donors over the good of the country.

[TBF]

31. I was actually thinking the same thing - Karl

doing research for 2016

[Auntie Bush]

34. You'll need a couple gallons of silver polish to get off all that tarnish/shit.

Dip him in head first.

[Dawson Leery]

30. The last thing the world needs is more of that horrific crime family.

All of them are horrible, evil, bastards.

[matt819]

32. Got an ABC poll call tonight

In New Hampshire. Seemed pretty straightforward. Opinions on Obama. How would you vote Obama v. Newt, Obama v. Romney (those were the only options).

[rhett o rick]

36. Seems to me that it isnt an accident that all the current repuke candidates are

idiots. When KKKarl is done with destroying these idiots, the republican voters will swoon for Jeb riding in on his white horse. Anyone thinking that we have seen the last of the Bush Crime Family is naive.

[Odin2005]

37. The BFEE is planning something evil and wicked, I can feel it.

[JDPriestly]

40. I suspect that Jeb will be the candidate. These clowns are just

putting on a show so that Jeb will look good, so that the horror of the Bush years will be forgotten.

I hope I am wrong, but I that thought keeps creeping into the back of my mind. I hope it is just a mistaken theory.

[JI7]

41. it could also be an indication of what people think of current candidates

if a significant number supports someone who is currently not in the race to others who have been running for years(in romney's case) or months and do have national name recognition it doesn't speak to well of them.