Jeb Bush Signals He May Be Running in 2016

I for one suffer from extreme Bush fatigue and the thought of another Bush running for the presidency makes me nauseous.  How anyone of a right mind could want another Bush as president after the Chimperatior's failed regime, which included war crimes, is hard to grasp. The only positive aspect is that if Jeb Bush does throw his hat in the ring for the GOP presidential nomination, it will likely trigger another civil war within the GOP as Bush has to face insane would be candidates like Rick "Tortured Closeted Gay" Santorum.  The New York Times looks at Jeb Bush's tentative steps to launch his campaign.  Note, when the piece refers to "conservatives" it really means Christofascists, and, as usual, it fails to call out hate groups for what they are.  Here are article excerpts:

Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida said Tuesday that he would “actively explore” a presidential run, immediately sending reverberations through the potential Republican field, tying up donors whom other candidates are courting and forcing contenders to accelerate their own considerations for 2016.

Mr. Bush became the first Republican to take an overt step toward a White House bid. He announced on Facebook that he would create a political action committee next month, allowing him to raise money and travel the country ahead of an eventual decision, He also spent part of the day calling donors.

Mr. Bush, 61, quickly reshaped a Republican race that had scarcely begun forming.  Mr. Bush’s early move amounted to a pre-emptive strike on his most likely rivals for the blessing of establishment-oriented contributors and party officials. 

The most immediate effect of his announcement was with his party’s financial bundlers, those who raise the most money for candidates.  Many of those donors have long ties to the family that has dominated Republican politics for the last quarter-century and were waiting for a signal that the younger brother of former President George W. Bush was serious about a campaign.

Mr. Bush’s move also may make fund-raising more difficult for Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, whose base of New York-area donors will face pressure from Bush loyalists to hold out for a familiar political brand. 

Further, the possibility of a third campaign by Mitt Romney, the Republicans’ 2012 standard-bearer, now seems less likely.  Some party elites were eying a Romney revival in large part because they were seeking a candidate formidable enough to take on former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The question that looms over yet another Bush candidacy, though, is whether he can appeal to rank-and-file Republican primary voters as much as he does the party’s elites.   In that sense, Mr. Bush’s early lean toward a run is not entirely bad news. If it turns out that he cannot appeal to the party base or backs away from a run entirely, there would be time for others to make a move.

Conservative leaders said Mr. Bush needed to move swiftly to address questions about such issues as his support for Common Core — a set of standards for students from kindergarten through high school.

For Democrats, though, Mr. Bush’s step toward a campaign was cause for concern, as many said the Spanish-speaking former governor of Florida, perhaps the most electorally pivotal state in the country, would be the toughest Republican to defeat.

“I keep reminding people Michael Corleone was the younger brother of Fredo,” said the Democratic strategist Paul Begala, comparing characters from “The Godfather” to Bush family dynamics.