Physically, no. Emotionally, he's been phoning it in for quite some time now.
Posted on 11/30/2015 5:19:18 AM PST by jimbo123
Jeb was supposed to be the guy who could win the election because he could win Hispanics. And then Trump turned that asset into an albatross.
In jujutsu, one uses an opponent's weight against him. And, in the version most often seen in politics, a candidate turns his opponent's strength into a weakness. In political jujutu, assets can become liabilities.
In 1992, Bill Clinton faced off against George H.W. Bush. The latter had been a Congressman, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, chairman of the Republican National Committee, special envoy to China, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Vice President of the United States. By contrast, Clinton was governor of the 32nd largest state-Arkansas.
If that election had boiled down to resumes, Bush would have walked off with it. But the Clinton War Room created a new narrative that revolved around youth, energy, fresh ideas. They made Bush's experience a liability instead of an asset.
Now, in 2015, Donald Trump has employed the same strategy against Jeb Bush, and quite effectively at that. In most polls, Bush seems cemented in fifth place-behind Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
Yebito might have done better had he ever bothered to learn English.
Jeb was always a mess waiting to be discovered. Trump did the commendable service of shining a light so the mess could be seen by all.
Trump is very skilled at flipping the script.
Low energy.
Trump is very efficient, the writer, not so much.
Two words.
The column writer wasted his time.
Is Yeb! out of the race yet?
In all honesty, Rubio killed Bush. That exchange during the second debate put the final nail in Bush’s coffin. Trump has been blaming Bush but he was already dead due to Rubio.
What’s a jeb bush?
Jeb is being forced to endure the humiliation until sometime during the primaries, and maybe right up to the convention.
As much as I want the field cleared, I have some satisfaction imagining the how much he must dread every day of his life now.
Denny Crane: Never let the other side frame the debate.
Getting at least SOME of his daily marching orders via pillow talk, in Spanish, was a definite non-starter.
Trump didn’t break Jebby. The vast majority of voters just don’t want Jeb. The voters are breaking Jebby.
Even though I disagree with Ruben Navarrette on some things, including this particular column he is in my opinion a good guy.
I wonder how or where he came up with the idea that JEB was the most friendly to Hispanics of the Republican candidates. Did he somehow miss Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio? Or does he think they are just not as appreciative of their heritage as JEB is to his wife’s heritage?
Definitely not Ruben Navarrette’s best column.
I’ve said it before: in the movies, in the news media, every where they could say it, everyone has stated that George W. was a eff-up and the family really didn’t want him to run for President, because it would be an embarrassment. In those stories, Jeb was supposed to be the “Presidential” one.
After seeing his performance so far, I’m wondering how this idiot won in Florida! Jeb is a complete dweeb and at times, he makes Carter look “Presidential”! And we KNOW that Carter was anything BUT!!!
Physically, no. Emotionally, he's been phoning it in for quite some time now.
“...have some satisfaction imagining the how much he must dread every day of his life now.”
Probably like Terry Schavios last days, starving to death, a little at a time, and couldn’t do a thing about it.
The article gives Trump too much credit, IMHO.
Most People are fed up with the Bushes. Most of the GOP primary electorate either agree, or are smart enough to see it and know that Jeb would be a terrible candidate.
Trump isn’t pulling support from Bush. He’s pulling support from voters who would have otherwise supported Walker or Perry or Jindal, keeping them in contention. So the Trump effect is really the rapid winnowing of the GOP field down to four top contenders. Of which Jeb isn’t, and wouldn’t have been, one.
Well past time for Jeb to fold his tent and go back to the Florida sands and sunshine. He’s already toast.
It's called "reframing." Liberals try it on conservatives all the time - but they can't handle it when it gets done to them.
So he could win the Hispanics because he would be for amnesty? What about the white vote? How many will sit home when the superdelegates give the nomination to Jeb? I don’t trust the elites one minute.
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