Except that nothing the eGOP and the press have done have given him any traction at all.
I do not doubt that was the plan, but the public perceives the Bush line to be getting dumber and dumber as it goes along. Jeb is toast.
While I certainly hope you are right, I remember that John McCain was as popular as poison ivy in June 2007 with no money, flying coach by himself after TWO amnesty attempts only to be the GOP nominee by March 2008.