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George W. Bush and Republican Party

George H.W. Bush: And while it demonstrates Trump inability to unify the GOP, it is the best example yet of his strategy of breaking the electorate in half and hoping he wound up with the bigger piece, according to Toronto Star. Losing the endorsements of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush — as harsh an indictment as the establishment can offer — is no punishment at all in the eyes of many conservatives. It the culmination of an anger inside the Republican Party that gave way to an alternate history of the decades since 1980 — and especially the years after 2008. This was tested in real time just months ago, when the younger Bush appeared on the campaign trail for the first time in a decade. The result: A weak fourth-place finish in South Carolina and the end of his run for president. He rallied for his brother, Jeb Bush, who started in a hole with Republican voters and became less popular as he campaigned. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.