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Jeb Bush Stumps for Tillis in North Carolina, and Prompts Tillis to Distance Himself From BushWe were told he was smart. We were told he had the right kind of political skills. Does he? (See Note at bottom.) A lot of us were very annoyed with Chris Christie's selfish RNC speech. Rather than promoting the nominee, he spent most of his time promoting himself, at the expense of the nominee. There is a time for self-promotion. It is not during a speech ostensibly in service of someone else's electoral bid. GREENSBORO, N.C. -- In one of his first public appearances of the 2014 campaign, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida had a vivid preview Wednesday of the challenges he would face with his party’s conservative base should he seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016. So in the context of a Senate race in which the topics of Common Core and immigration are crucial, Jeb Bush went out to plump a more liberal opinion at odds with that claimed by the candidate himself. And Tillis, if I understand this right, is already facing skepticism from conservative voters on his (perceived) soft position on immigration. So what did Jeb Bush have to say about amnesty? Even though Republicans may take back the Senate by running against amnesty, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush pushed amnesty legislation while stumping for North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis on Wednesday. If you click on the link (to the NYT), you'll see Tillis looking none too happy with Jeb. I don't mind some heterodox opinions in the party. I think it's healthy. Groupthink is Non-Think. However, we are less than seven weeks away from an election. It is not the time to pick a fight, yet again, with the base about their preferred position on "comprehensive immigration reform." Jeb can pick this fight if he likes -- during his actual speeches in support of himself and his own preferred agenda. Seven weeks out from an election, with Tillis trailing Hagan as it is. Is this smart? Is this in the party's best interests? Hell, I don't even think it was in Jeb's best interests. Note: An assumption I made here, without realizing it, as that Jeb went off-script with remarks that were not approved by Tillis. I don't know if that's a strong assumption. After all, Tillis would presumably want to see Jeb's script, or he's at least heard Jeb's stump speech before. Who knows, perhaps this was all approved. Maybe Tillis just made an error. Or maybe Tillis wants some moderate votes. Or maybe he wanted Jeb to play Weak Cop so he could posture as Strong Cop. I don't know. I shouldn't have assumed that Jeb surprised him with this. The NYT's account suggests that, without actually saying it. Whatever the understanding or the plan, it just doesn't seem very smart to me. Agendas get cooked up and ironed out before election season. I just don't see the seven weeks before the election as the time to trot out unpopular or novel ideas. Update: I should mention we discussed this on the podcast. John (I think) made the point that Republicans are doing well in states where they've united their base, and conservative voters have, as they say, "come home." This doesn't seem likely to unite people. This seems likely to start up old fights that really have to be papered over at least until the election. | Recent Comments
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