Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Jeb Bush's operation appears to have set $32.5 million on fire
Vox ^ | 12/10/15 | Andrew Prokop and Javier Zarracina

Posted on 12/10/2015 8:00:20 AM PST by jimbo123

Jeb Bush's operation has spent an incredible amount of money already during this campaign - to no apparent effect.

According to ad-buying data from SMG Delta, posted by Mark Murray of NBC News, Bush's Super PAC and campaign have already spent a massive $32.5 million on ads in total - far, far more than the operation of any other GOP candidate.

In fact, Team Bush's spending is twice as much as the combined money spent on ads for the top four GOP candidates in the polls - Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Ben Carson. Yet Bush remains in the low single digits in polls nationally and in early states.

Check out this graphic of SMG Delta's numbers showing how little apparent relation there is between ad spending and poll numbers:

(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; designatedloser; karlrove; karlrovefail; mexico; mikemurphy; mikemurphyfail; righttorise; righttorisefail

1 posted on 12/10/2015 8:00:21 AM PST by jimbo123
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: jimbo123

There may be a message here for you, Jeb.


2 posted on 12/10/2015 8:01:52 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123

That’s funny.

The only fire Jeb has is not a fire in his belly but the fire on his money.


3 posted on 12/10/2015 8:01:54 AM PST by Jim W N
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123

Jeb Bush is still in the race? I haven’t seen one of his ads. Is he sure his campaign manager isn’t doing a Sandy Berger and stuffing the money in his pants?


4 posted on 12/10/2015 8:02:39 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Islam is the military wing of the Communist party.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123; Nachum; SJackson

No. It was NOT wasted.

ALL of it went to the National Republican Party MEDIA and their handlers! IT STAYED IN WASHINGTON, In NYC, in LA in the hands of the media now trashing trump with every penney they have earned.


5 posted on 12/10/2015 8:03:24 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EQAndyBuzz

I don’t know where you live but Jeb Bush ads run non-stop here, every time there’s a commercial, there’s a Jeb ad. The only other ones I see are Rubio ads.


6 posted on 12/10/2015 8:03:56 AM PST by ozarkgirl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123

Advertising and propaganda work. If they didn’t there would be no advertising agencies. But obviously there are limits. It’s hard to get consumers to buy and eat a s&#t sandwich, no matter how good your ads are.


7 posted on 12/10/2015 8:04:27 AM PST by generally
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123

Bush should pull the plug now rather than wait for the inevitable humiliation.


8 posted on 12/10/2015 8:04:43 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (frequently.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Jim 0216
The only fire Jeb has is not a fire in his belly but the fire on his money.

LOL!

Throw another million on the Barbie, mate.

9 posted on 12/10/2015 8:07:50 AM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123

In 2012 Santorum ran on a shoestring budget and won Iowa. Sometimes it’s the message and/or the messenger. Jeb should have taken notice. Money can’t buy everything.


10 posted on 12/10/2015 8:09:00 AM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands (Conservative 2016!! The Dole, H.W. Bush, McCain, Romney experiment has failed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123

No. It went somewhere — right into Mike Murphy’s pocket.


11 posted on 12/10/2015 8:11:50 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Opinionated Blowhard
No. It went somewhere — right into Mike Murphy’s pocket.

15% of $32.5 million is a lot of money.

12 posted on 12/10/2015 8:14:04 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123
 photo JebBurning_zpsjfxdnsmd.jpg
13 posted on 12/10/2015 8:15:06 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (Trump/Cruz 2016)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123

14 posted on 12/10/2015 8:21:38 AM PST by deport
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: deport

Wow!
Amazing graphic. Thanks for posting it.


15 posted on 12/10/2015 8:25:37 AM PST by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: jimbo123

Isn’t the way this works that the PAC is not controlled by the candidate, and has to be independent?

JEB didn’t spend the money, a PAC that supports him did. A big difference.

Now, having said that, the best way for the PAC to use the rest of the money would be to keep their powder dry. Hold off until later in the campaign. No, Jeb isn’t going to get the nomination, but if the PAC has a lot of cash they can get him a prominent position in a Republican administration. He is still young.

Now, I am not a Jeb fan, but this would t=be the best way to support him with all that money.


16 posted on 12/10/2015 9:19:33 AM PST by CurlyDave
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson