GOP Must Look Outside DC for Presidential Nominee

The American people do not like the Bush family, and a Jeb Bush presidential candidacy would not be good for the country or the Republican Party, said Richard Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, a website dedicated to bringing limited government and tea party candidates to power.

"When I think of Jeb Bush, I think of 'Groundhog Day,'" said Viguerie, whose book "Takeover: The 100-Year War for the Soul of the GOP and How Conservatives Can Finally Win It" was recently published.

"I mean, how many Bushes do we have to go through? The American people don't like the Bushes. They gave George H.W. Bush a landslide victory in 1988 because they thought they were voting for Ronald Reagan's third term. Sitting President George H.W. Bush got 38 percent of the vote when he ran for re-election in 1992. His son, George W. Bush, got 500k votes less than Al Gore and won by 537 votes, won by one state for re-election. I'd be very concerned if Jeb Bush were the nominee. The general rule of the American voters do not like big government."

Speaking to Newsmax TV’s "America’s Forum," Viguerie said the GOP needs to look outside Washington and to the states for the 2016 presidential nominee. He offered his thoughts on which governors might be attractive to hardline conservatives.

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