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tblue37

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3. I believe Jeb Bush will be their nominee. If not Jeb, then they might turn to
Sat Jan 25, 2014, 02:34 PM
Jan 2014

one of the saner candidates from 2012--like Huntsman. The base would hate him, of course, but the base hated Romney, too. If the big money gets behind someone like Huntsman--or even Jeb--I think that the base would fall in line, and I also think they could fool enough relatively conservative Dems and Independents into voting for their guy if we nominate someone who doesn't ahve wide national appeal.

ON EDIT: BTW: Huntsman is also far Right Wing, but because he is not completely nuts, but instead is rather mild-mannered and does not say bizarrely offensive things, he is considered "moderate," not only by the media, but also by a lot of low-information Dems and Independents who really should know better.

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