“Insiders: Common Core is Jeb Bush’s ‘No. 1 problem'” That’s the headline on Politico‘s latest survey of GOP “insiders” in Iowa and New Hampshire. The trouble is Politico doesn’t seem to even have asked the “insiders” about Jeb Bush’s position on immigration.** So Politico has no way of knowing which of Jeb’s problems insiders think is No. 1. … Moral: If you limit the choices, you get the answer you want! No surprises. Fashionably Kazakhstanish! … P.S.: Is the Establishment Consensus Machine already in pre-mortem mode, prophylactically steering blame for Jeb’s loss to Common Core and away from his embrace of the Gang of 8? [That’s a crude, paranoid and unsophisticated view of Washington–ed. So it could be right then!]
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** — Politico apparently doesn’t publish the full survey. At least I can’t find it. If you can, let me know! A Twitter query of author James Hohmann produced no response. ..
Works for Kazakhstan, works for @Politico … http://t.co/MJX0vdd0KV
Is the Establishment Consensus Machine getting ready to blame a Jeb loss on Common Core (and not immigration)? http://t.co/MJX0vdd0KV
Kaus files http://t.co/oeYFwiHogq politico thinks Jeb’ s only problem is common core. He’s a bad candidate for way more than just CC
Jeb Bush: Common Core or Big Immigration His Obstacles? Maybe Jim Baker too? http://t.co/fM0Q6zGp4g
Don’t forget that Jeb boosted Hillary. We don’t!
But, yeah, Immigration is number 1. Common Core is more for wonks to chew on.