I'll try to minimize the amount of inside-the-Beltway think pieces, but a piece like this gets to the internal dynamics and history of the GOP...
Jeb Bush, who announced Tuesday that he was exploring a White House run, has been compared to Mitt Romney so often over the past week you’d think they were long-lost brothers. After all, both are mainstream candidates supported by the Republican establishment but on thinner ice with the GOP grass roots.
That’s largely true, but it’s far too simplistic. Bush and Romney have problems with different wings of the Republican primary electorate.