Good Thing He Doesn't Want the Job
It's not a poll result Buzz has seen the likes of in Florida anytime in the last eight years, but Gov. Jeb Bush, who has enjoyed high approval ratings throughout his governship, appears to be tanking when it comes to national appeal for the 2008 presidency.
CNN announced Tuesday that it had paid Harris Interactive to conduct a poll of 1,001 American adults assessing the presidential odds for potential big-name 2008 nominees from both parties. For the record, Bush has said repeatedly he won't run then.
The result: 63 percent said they "definitely wouldn't vote" for Jeb Bush in 2008, the highest negative for any of those personalities polled, besting even Hillary Clinton with a 47 percent negative.
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CNN announced Tuesday that it had paid Harris Interactive to conduct a poll of 1,001 American adults assessing the presidential odds for potential big-name 2008 nominees from both parties. For the record, Bush has said repeatedly he won't run then.
The result: 63 percent said they "definitely wouldn't vote" for Jeb Bush in 2008, the highest negative for any of those personalities polled, besting even Hillary Clinton with a 47 percent negative.
To read more, click here.
11 Comments:
At 7:40 PM, June 20, 2006, Paul D. Harvill said…
Mmmmmmmmmmmm.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm?
At 8:38 PM, June 20, 2006, p arvy said…
And this has something to do with W huddled defending all of Jeb's old Father's friends that ran the country 20 years ago.
The South rises and sets on W now, as he can do no right, and the wrong this brother has inflicted upon the younger one would cause me, as a sister, to slap someone.
But, Jeb's not my brother, so he's on his own..
At 9:41 PM, June 20, 2006, Jim Johnson said…
The interesting thing will be to see if Jeb will run in 2012 against incumbent President Hillary Clinton.
;-)
At 10:06 PM, June 20, 2006, Paul D. Harvill said…
Actually, Jeb has been immesurably a better than governor than his brother has been President.
At 8:44 AM, June 21, 2006, Omega83 said…
Jim~
If the D's actually nominate Hillary, Jeb will be running in 2016 after the conclusion of President McCain's 2nd term
At 8:48 AM, June 21, 2006, John F. said…
The only people saying Hillary is going to be the Democrats nominee are those who can't see anyone else in the field winning the primaries because "Clinton" is the name...
...Sorta like Joe Lieberman had the very early front-runner position for the 2004 elections. Nationally, the Democrats knew Joe. It didn't take long for the other candidates to prove themselves in the Democratic field, however... And the rest, as they say, is history.
At 11:50 AM, June 21, 2006, TampaBryan said…
I am afraid Omega is right. As a Democrat, I don't want to see Hillary as the nominee. I think Mark Warner or Evan Bayh would be much better choices, or even John Edwards for that matter. But then again, it is FAR from certain taht McCain will get the R nomination. He still has a lot of right-wing ass kissing to do and when he does that, the moderates who have supported him so strongly, are going to be turned off. At this point, I would vote for Sam Brownback before McCain. At least with Sam you know what you are getting. A whack-o nut job, yes, but consistent nonetheless.
At 1:44 PM, June 21, 2006, 1sourcem said…
The poll represents a severe case of "Bush fatigue" that the public has dumped on Jeb. Whats striking is that almost half of the public "definitely will NOT vote for" Clinton, Kerry or Gore, three politicians that America actually has some knowledge of.
Florida loves Jeb because we have seen him in action; the rest of America punishes him for being W's brother. After an intervening President, this fatigue will fade, and Jeb's star will rise again.
Plus, the poll is not of likely voters, just adults, so the sample is flawed.
At 3:34 PM, June 21, 2006, Campaign Manager said…
1sourcem is almost certaintly correct. I don't think there is anybody who follows Florida politics that doesn't believe that Jeb wants to be president (some folks may stick to official talking points denying it, but can't actually believe what they are saying).
If a Democrat wins in 2008, he will run against the incumbent (whether it be Warner, Clinton, Bayh, Vilsack, Feingold or a yet unheralded dark horse). If a Republican wins or if he loses to an incumbent Democrat in 2012, he will simply run in 2016.
This is the purpose of his foundation. Just as it was used after his 1994 loss to Gov. Chiles to build his donor base and brush up his policy credentials in preparation for a later run at the governor's mansion, so it will perform the same function for a future presidential run.
Unless you believe that big time Republican donors are writing him six figure checks because they believe so strongly in the FCAT.
At 9:20 PM, June 21, 2006, nole1 said…
I am a R but I am pretty much "Bushed out". That family has had more than their fair share of power and crony enriching. Jeb would probably be bettter than the other two but I think the rest of the world is pretty much "Bushed out" too. Time to get some new blood.
At 10:00 PM, June 21, 2006, Paul D. Harvill said…
Bush fatigue and Bushed out are good ways to express the country's sentiments.
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