As all the world knows, Jeb! has turned out to be a terrible politician, the latest example coming yesterday, when he announced to a room full of supporters that his brother George (remember him?) was a case study in leadership. Now, if your brother was inarguably the worst president in history, and you were trying for the office yourself, wouldn’t you avoid talking about him as best you could, and keep on insisting, as Jeb! did at the start, that you are your “own man”?
But Jeb!, like so many of his Republican compatriots, apparently lives in a bubble, and he seems to have convinced himself that hanging George around his own neck will actually be good for him. This is nothing but good news for the Democrats, because should he beat the odds and get nominated, he will have legitimized an obvious campaign tactic: equating Jeb! with George at every turn. Oddly enough, he appears to believe the crap he’s spewing about his brother, but most of the country got beyond W worship a long time ago. The more people are reminded of George, the less willing they’ll be to vote for Jeb!.
On a slightly different note, the Republican presidential contest seems to be approaching the denoument I’ve predicted in the past: this time the nomination will go to a legitimate crazy. No McCains or Romneys need apply. (Not that either of them were stellar candidates, but they weren’t totally bonkers) At this point, there are really only three sort of legitimate contenders that can lay a sort of legitimate claim to being non-crazies: Bush, Kasich, and Christie, and yes I know an argument can be made that none of them need apply. Neither of them will get the nomination. So we are left to wonder, when the dust settles, who will be left standing? Will it be the most crazy of the bunch, and if so, which of them wins that honor? The pundits seem to have settled on Rubio, almost a sure sign that he’s out of the picture. (Remember Pawlenty?) Someone is going to be nominated, it’s in the rules. The Republican Party has taken up the challenge. Jeb!’s brother was the worst ever, but the nominee of 2016 will make George look like Lincoln.
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