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Townhall
They Are
Troubled by Trump
Erick Erickson
Jul 10, 2015
In 1980, the Republicans saw six members of Congress run for president.
They were joined by three former governors and the former congressman
turned United Nations ambassador turned envoy to China turned RNC
chairman turned CIA Director George H.W. Bush. Ronald Reagan, the
former governor of California, won that year and picked Bush as his
running mate. The 2016 Republican primary has the deepest bench of
candidates since that year.
Jeb Bush is the former governor of Florida turned education advocate.
Ben Carson is a former neurosurgeon whose biography is so notable it
was turned into a movie. Chris Christie is in his second term as
governor of New Jersey, which is an amazing feat for any Republican.
Ted Cruz is the leader of the conservative movement in Washington from
his perch in the Senate.
Carly Fiorina is the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Jim Gilmore is the
former governor of Virginia and had a successful career as a U.S. Army
counterintelligence agent. Lindsey Graham served 33 years in the Air
Force and Reserves, was a Clinton impeachment manager in the House of
Representatives, and now serves South Carolina in the Senate.
Mike Huckabee is the former governor of Arkansas who turned a previous
bid for the presidency into a successful television and radio career.
Bobby Jindal is finishing his second term as governor of Louisiana and
may be the smartest man to run for president in the past 100 years.
John Kasich just destroyed the Ohio Democratic Party with his
reelection to that state's governor's mansion and, uniquely among the
Republicans, believes Jesus told him to expand government and anyone
who does not like Obamacare is most likely destined for hellfire.
George Pataki is the former governor of New York and will be a former
presidential candidate before this year is out. Rand Paul is both a
doctor and a senator from Kentucky who has taken his father, Ron's,
political base as his own and built a successful political machine.
Rick Perry served as a C-130 pilot in the Air Force before becoming the
longest serving governor of Texas and created 1.5 million jobs in his
state, while the rest of the nation combined lost 400,000...
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