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George W. Bush Could Be Key to Stopping Donald Trump, Republican Says

Former South Carolina Republican Chairman Katon Dawson says the former president should get out on the trail—and not just for his brother's sake.
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Former President George W. Bush winks on Dec. 3, 2015, during a dedication ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington.

Former President George W. Bush winks on Dec. 3, 2015, during a dedication ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington.

 Photographer: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

For much of the 2016 Republican primary, conventional wisdom has had it that former president George W. Bush is something of a liability to his brother Jeb's struggling campaign. 

But for at least one top Republican in South Carolina—the state that holds the American South's premier presidential nominating contest and only early state that has never dealt a primary defeat to a member of the Bush family–the 43rd president could be the party establishment's answer to stop front-runner Donald Trump in his tracks.