2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDonors Weigh Jilting Christie for Jeb Bush.
Jeb Bushs increasingly serious and public examination of a run for president has shaken the ranks of establishment Republican donors and fund-raisers who had planned to back Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey in 2016, forcing many of them to rethink their allegiance to the embattled governor.
In private conversations that are now seeping into public view, some of them are signaling to Mr. Christies camp that, should Mr. Bush enter the race, their first loyalty would be to him, not to Mr. Christie, according to interviews with more than two dozen of them.
Many of those who, because of geography and personal ties, were expected to line up behind Mr. Christie say they now feel torn. And it is clear that Mr. Christies recent troubles, especially the George Washington Bridge scandal, are adding to the allure of Mr. Bush, a former Florida governor.
Lawrence E. Bathgate II, a former finance chairman of the Republican National Committee and a major donor in New Jersey, said he dreaded the prospect of having to choose between the two men, calling it a fraught decision.
David V. Hedley, a former Wall Street executive and Republican fund-raiser in New Jersey, said he also felt tugged in two directions, conceding that its tough right now for me.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/us/politics/jeb-bushs-2016-flirtations-test-loyalty-of-christie-backers.html?hp
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)baggers its easy to teabag them.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Both Bushes ran and both won. Good God. I hope he does not run. You just never know what will happen.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)Whoever wins gets the goodies.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)plus the yearly lying about his budget just makes him a typical Koch drone.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)you may as well toss it in.
The pundits have soured on you and you'll soon be "toast".
It's odd to hear them say it about a republican, however.