Posted on 09/29/2015 5:58:44 AM PDT by jimbo123
Assessing the state of anxiety on a scale of one to 10, one donor puts the panic level at a 'six or seven.'
For the past week, Jeb Bush's campaign advisers have been using a new data point to convince nervous donors that he's still the candidate to beat — Bush's lead in the political prediction markets.
Just one problem: Beginning Sunday night, PredictIt, the biggest of the online sites and the one referenced last week by top Bush advisers and confidants, placed Marco Rubio ahead of Bush at the head of the GOP pack.
The sudden evaporation of yet another data point in his favor explains the tension in and around Bush's campaign this week on the eve of the third quarter FEC fundraising deadline.
His top bundlers, summoned to Miami for a last-minute call-a-thon, are working hard to convince increasingly anxious donors of their candidate's strength. Bush's team is highlighting the benefits of its sizable financial advantage — mainly, a top-notch national organization — in an effort to focus attention on the campaign's durability but also to demonstrate its superiority in relation to Marco Rubio, whose rise in recent polls represents a growing threat.
Miami's message essentially boils down to this: Keep calm and remember we’re sitting on $100 million and an extensive organization.
“Our campaign has the scale to go through all the early states and into March and have the organization to get us on the ballot, to go get delegates and acquire delegates throughout the process,” said David Kochel, who oversees the campaign’s early state strategy.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
So. Did he give them a speech in Spanish?
Not to worry, he will just get a line-of-credit loan on his fabulous new house on the renown Bush Estate!
Pushing hard for any bush right now is brand suicide.
Are they that stupid/tone deaf?
Miami’s message essentially boils down to this: Keep calm and remember we’re sitting on $100 million and an extensive organization.
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Translation: The fix is in. The Cheap Labor Express will get its amnesty candidate.
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