Word: gop
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...writes this month that Jeb should be "the prohibitive frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination." And with tropical storms already pounding Florida, Jeb's face and his well-regarded command of hurricane management promise to be on prominent display from now through fall. To conservatives, gushes John Thrasher, a GOP lobbyist and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, "Jeb is Elvis...
...factors make his denial more plausible than some would assume. Although Jeb, 53, will likely depart as one of America's most popular governors and one of the GOP's most potent figures, a bid to replace his brother in the White House could leave most voters with the impression that the Bushes are trying to be not just a political dynasty, but royalty. Better, the thinking goes, for Jeb to wait until 2012 or 2016. Another reason is personal: friends and aides say Jeb's family, especially his wife Columba and daughter Noelle, who is recovering from drug addiction...
...most - as the daily parade of horribles from Iraq was eroding confidence in his handling of the war, even among conservatives. Republicans on Capitol Hill had fretted that Bush would stick stubbornly to a massive U.S. presence while Iraq burned, perhaps costing the party its majority in Congress. GOP strategists planning fall campaigns are facing polling showing that Iraq was the only issue that really mattered, and so were desperate for signs that the invasion had not been a horrible miscalculation. So now the White House can ask its supporters to take a deep breath and listen anew...
...Democrats pointed out that the San Diego voter turnout may be a trouble sign for the GOP. While Busby's 45% of the vote was just about the same percentage as John Kerry got in that district in 2004, Bilbray's 49% was more than five percentage points behind President Bush's re-election total there. Amy Walter, who analyzed the vote totals for the Cook Political Report, says that suggests the moderates and independents who usually vote GOP in the district were "sitting on the hands," while "Democrats don't have to worry about their voters coming...
...much of the past year, have lately rebounded a bit, thanks in part to $7 billion in unexpected tax revenue. In his favor, Angelides is running in a predominantly Democratic state, has the backing of powerful labor unions and may get some mileage out of the current backlash against GOP President George W. Bush. Still, in a Field poll of 702 likely voters last week looking ahead to the gubernatorial race, Schwarzenegger beat Angelides by 7 percentage points (with a a nearly 4-point margin of error...