With eye on 2016, Jeb Bush resigns from all boards "Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, moving closer to a possible presidential run, has resigned all of his corporate and nonprofit board memberships, including with his own education foundation, his office said late Wednesday night. He also resigned as a paid adviser to a for-profit education
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Hence the link to the Idiocracy movie. ;-)
You're not a big Jeb Bush fan, I take it.
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But I digress. The Bushonites may still be in the game, but they don't look very likely to retain power any time soon.
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The establishment wings of both the Democratic and Republican parties appear to be deeply worried about the possibility of a Tea-party or other "Deep-State" opposition candidate running away with the GOP nomination and the Presidency. Bush III vs Clinton II really is a best case scenario in their eyes as the winner will be "one of them" regardless of who looses.
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From a "maintain the current power structure" point of view the ideal scenario is for Hillary to defeat either Jeb Bush or Chris Christie in 2016 (or vice versa). Can you imagine the absolute shit-storm that an anti Deep-State candidate like Gov. Walker or Perry could cause? Republican incumbents will want to prevent this as much as the Democrats do.
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