In Panic Mode, a few GOP Bosses Float Idea of Another Romney Run

Donald Trump’s talk of a border wall and deportation squads may play well with conservatives in Iowa, New Hampshire and SC, but it has seriously damaged the Republican brand with most Latinos. “Maybe it violates my job description as a spokesperson to be speechless but I think in this case, I am”, he said.

With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, time is running out to influence voters before they’re distracted by a holiday season that extends into the new year, ending less than a month ahead of the first presidential primary elections.

In the last Republican presidential debate, Bush criticized Trump’s call for mass deportations of immigrants living in the country illegally, calling it an impractical plan that would benefit Democrats with Hispanic voters.

It’s going to be very hard for the media to take Trump and Carson out; they’ve been firing their heavy artillery and done little damage.

An outsized focus on national security though could prove thorny for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who despite his brother’s record in Iraq and Afghanistan – conflicts in which hundreds of thousands of civilians and soldiers were killed – has sought to set himself apart on national security.

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush greets supporters at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando on Friday.

However, those numbers track pretty closely to the overall approval ratings, so it may simply be tapping into the same undercurrent of support (or even just name-recognition) those candidates already enjoy. “That’s why we don’t need Common Core”, he said.

With one more year before we head to the polls, it’s time we pay attention to the candidates, watch the debates, look at the websites, ask tough questions, donate, volunteer and yes, get ready to vote. Cruz, in my view, is the closest to Reagan conservatism. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) finally broke through with a pointed critique of Trump, and his campaign told Business Insider that fundraising has “picked up” over the past few days. Cornered rats are the most risky, the saying goes, and that’s where the GOP side of the 2016 campaign seems to be going.

The race is unsettled enough, however, that a significant bunch of the Republican establishment is beginning to worry about the possibility of Trump or Carson grabbing the nomination.

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He has major super PAC backing.

State Republican Chairman Matt Borges said he would love to see Kasich lead the ticket in OH in 2016, but that he’ll make sure “the building blocks (are) in place to carry Ohio” no matter which Republican wins the nomination. “I won’t tell you what Bush is [in the polls], but it’s not too good”.

“The Romney boomlet is awesome”, Erickson, the conservative radio host, added.

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has replaced Bush as the establishment favorite. [Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images]If Donald Trump and Ben Carson’s polls were to ever drop off a cliff in the future, the Wall Street Journal has analyzed who might claim the lead. “It says a lot about both men”.

Nonetheless, Trump’s position on immigration has resonated with party members.

“Senator Cruz clearly supported an amendment and he bragged about how it would bring people out of the shadows and legalize people who are here illegally”, Rubio said here on Friday.

Like the rest of Trump’s ideas, it’s a simple solution to a complex problem. On Thursday night, Trump used an approximately 95-minute speech to tear into Carson in every way imaginable, comparing his “pathological” temper to the supposedly “incurable” behavior of child molesters.

Then again, even as Sen. And 41% of them said their image of Christie improved after that debate, more than four times the number who said it had gotten worse.