"Voters? Who needs voters?"
Posted on 08/22/2015 5:04:26 AM PDT by bestintxas
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has everything a presumptive frontrunner needs to secure the Republican nomination except the support of voters.
While his campaign was always expected to be haunted by the lingering legacy of his older brother, his campaign, up to this point, has been plagued by a more fundamental challenge. Bush has yet to offer a compelling reason why he should be President.
Bush’s fundraising has been prodigious and impressive. His campaign, and affiliated SuperPACs, have raised well over $100 million, eclipsing even Hillary Clinton’s war chest. He has gathered endorsements from scores of state and local elected officials. Recently, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) 52% and Nevada Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) 52% endorsed Bush. More elected officials are no doubt waiting in the wings to endorse Bush.
As the scion of the most successful Republican political dynasty in history, Bush has institutional advantages out of reach of other candidates. Half of his donors were past supporters of his father and/or brother in their campaigns for President. Despite these, and nearly universal name ID, his campaign is struggling to connect with voters.
In the latest average of national polls, Bush earns just 10 percent support, less than half the amount of frontrunner Donald Trump. In mid-July, Bush led the Republican field with almost 18 percent, double his nearest rival.
In Iowa, Bush is in 7th place. In New Hampshire, which was expected to be the strongest of the early states for him, he is in 3rd. In South Carolina he is in second, but with almost one-third the support of the frontrunner. Interestingly, the South Carolina polls were taken before the first GOP debate, when the Trump boomlet gathered steam.
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One could replace the name Hillary in the article and it would read the same.
When oh when are the elites going to figure out that we want NO MORE BUSHES?
I wouldn’t worry about Jeb’s chances of winning the nomination. He just needs to give more speeches in Spanish.
Have you seen his campaign site? First one I’ve seen in the US that has you choose English or Spanish.
After seeing Trump in action in Mobile last night, JEB! should pull the plug on his cold-oatmeal campaign and find some honest work to do. The Chamber of Amnesty has thrown away millions trying to raise a pulse in his campaign, to no avail.
A disgusting outrage.
¡Yeb! is no conservative.
There is nothing conservative about abandoning the rule of law.
He was supposed to be the smart one, so far I have seen no evidence of that.
Charisma? Give me a break, he is the most boring speaker running, he makes Pataki seem engaging.
GOPee thinking: The Fed Gov’t p0w3nz the Citizens. We p0w3n our base. They have nowhere else to go. Slaves on our plantation they are.
Why anyone in the consulting class or GOPe thinks he should be the nominee is beyond me.
It has nothing to do with GWB, Jeb is not prez material according to 99 percent of the Repub voters, both conservatives and liberal leanings.
I don’t think Jeb has a drop of charisma. If he were ice cream, he would be vanilla. Trump would be Rocky Road.
REPORTS: JEB BUSH ASKING JOHN MCCAIN HOW TO WIN WITHOUT CONSERVATIVE VOTE
How's that working out for you, Jefe?
We’re just following the advice of the great holy man of God the honorable Left Reverend Saint Jessie of Action Jackson.. “ Git out da Buuushes’....
Wow, that Karl Rove sure is a genius. Well, they always told us that. I guess it’s time for us all to give up and go home. You can’t beat Karl Rove and his new girlfriend Jebatha.
A Trump in hand is worth more than 3 of the Bushes.
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