I’ve been annoyed at people here responding to Trump criticism with some variation of “I suppose you prefer Jeb! then”, especially since Jeb! has been hovering at 1% in Ricochet polling for a while. Well the pre-caucus poll has been up for a few days, and officially zero Ricochet members have clicked the radio button next to Jeb! for either a first or second choice. So while I’ll continue to be annoyed at the Jeb!/Trump false choice presented elsewhere, from now on I’ll view any mention here as part of a funny in-joke.
I am surprised at this turn of events though. Absolutely everyone else has someone thinking of him or her as a first or second choice. Mike Huckabee, who from the beginning was just selling a book (right?), has people who would vote for him, at least to “send a message” (which I get, I was a Keyes-ster long ago). Any former Jeb! partisans reading? If Jeb! was acceptable–nay, best or second best–a couple weeks ago, what changed?
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I am curious why if Jeb! is unacceptable per the poll that Rubio is the overwhelming favorite. Other than charisma and looks what is the material difference between them?
What’s funny — haha or peculiar I don’t know which — is that Trump is following the Jeb strategy to a T.
It’s not a mystery to me why the Establishment candidates hate him; he has stolen their strategy and is doing it better.
The mystery is why so many people continue to fall for this.
Both Bernie and Trump remind me of an episode of The Simpsons, which contained this line.
A plurality of Democrats and Republicans seem to be saying “OK” to this proposition.
The combover.
I believe I posted this clip over the summer in a comment and it only feels more and more appropriate.
To date, one person has selected Bush as their second choice. No one has chosen him for first choice. In prior months Bush would typical receive 2-5 votes for first choice.