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Originally posted by Damien M
Hillary will win in this scenario. By a landslide.
Jeb Bush is one of the weakest candidates ever, have you seen him talk? But then again Republicans are dumb/tone deaf and would pick a dead goat to run as long as the establishment says so.
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Jeb Bush is an incredibly weak candidate, absolutely, but the donors are what will matter in the end and Jeb's got that network. Walker will come in a close second with the Koch brothers help.
The GOP power players will begin the course-correction in the fall of constant TV ads slamming Trump and enough of the base will fall for it. Those trying to emulate Trump and those without money or a true network of moderates' support outside the base will flail and nosedive in the polls by February. All that will be left are Bush, Walker, Rubio, Fiorina,
maybe Carson and Cruz depending on how they react to Trump's backlash (which
is coming, bookmark me) and one, maybe two wild-cards like Kasich.
Jeb will perform dismally in the Iowa primaries, but he doesn't need them. Jeb may not even win New Hampshire or the South Carolina primaries either, but he won't need them either in the long run for the nomination. He's an AWFUL candidate, but the big donors and GOP establishment will make him look good enough to fool enough of the base. End of story.