{"id":6946,"date":"2015-03-02T19:51:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:51:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-03-02T19:51:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:51:31","slug":"cpac_review_the_gop_field_is_good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2015\/03\/02\/cpac_review_the_gop_field_is_good\/","title":{"rendered":"CPAC Review: The GOP Field Is Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Let\u2019s see what I have. Oh, this is fascinating, somewhat fascinating. This is Friday night on The Five, on the Fox News Channel, Kimberly Guilfoyle speaking with cohost Juan Williams about Jeb Bush\u2019s ambassador at CPAC, and Kimberly Guilfoyle said, “Juan, what did you think of Jeb\u2019s performance there today? What stood out to you?” <\/p>\n

WILLIAMS: What was interesting to me is, before Jeb Bush gets on stage there\u2019s, you know, Rush Limbaugh yesterday was saying, oh, basically Obama and Jeb could share — share the same worldview, right, America\u2019s imperfect and needs to be fixed.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: They do listen, see? (laughing) I did say that. And I said it about Jeb and Hillary, too. That\u2019s, by the way, all over the place now. That must have been, what, a month ago that I made that statement? No. You remember it, it was a month ago that I suggested — maybe even longer that then. I said I examined the top three issues — immigration, Obamacare, and something else. And Jeb and Hillary — yeah, it was over a month ago. Jeb and Hillary agree on all three of these things, and I said the ideal ticket would be Jeb and Hillary and they could figure out who\u2019s on top, of the ticket, of the ticket, of the ticket, of the ticket. And that\u2019s all over the place now. <\/p>\n

So I added Obama to it last week in talking about worldview. And when it comes to America is imperfect and needs to be fixed and perfected and immigration and all that, Jeb Bush and Obama, they are close in certain areas. <\/p>\n

Now, the review of what went on at CPAC over the weekend, you know, everybody\u2019s got their two cents on this, and I just think it\u2019s way too early to start making any judgments based on polling data. What\u2019s really important right now is who\u2019s raising money, sad to say. The race right now, that factor is as big as anything else, because that\u2019s staying power, and that allows you time to stay, if you make mistakes to fix it, to dwarf opponents. <\/p>\n

But the Republican field, just on paper, is really good. There are plenty of good options here. I\u2019m just not sure how Jeb was ultimately perceived at CPAC because he bussed in so many supporters to counterbalance what they knew was gonna be a predisposition to oppose him at CPAC. (interruption) I know, the liberal media loves Jeb Bush. A lot of them do. Why wouldn\u2019t they? I mean, why wouldn\u2019t they? <\/line><\/p>\n

Now, Matthew Dowd is a former Republican strategist, has roots going back to the Reagan years, I\u2019m told, but he\u2019s done a 180, and he fled the coop long ago, and he\u2019s now joined the left wing of the media. He was on This Week, their roundtable on Sunday. Matthew Dowd, oh, it says they\u2019re still calling him a Republican strategist? Maybe he still is, but he\u2019s just a leftist now. I don\u2019t know. Also, Jonathan Karl and Cokie Roberts, and they had this little chitchat back and forth.<\/p>\n