Posted on 01/02/2016 3:55:16 AM PST by smoothsailing
January 1, 2016
Behold the new slogan of the fading Jeb Bush candidacy: where there's life, there's hope:
Jeb Bush and his supporters still have a pile of money to spend - remnants of $100 million raised when he seemed early this year to be a sure bet. They have an expansive ground operation in New Hampshire. And allies have just began a new ad campaign in Iowa. But nothing they have tried so far has lifted Mr. Bush's terrible poll numbers. And with just four weeks remaining until voting begins, Mr. Bush needs to do something to save his candidacy.
It may be too late: Other campaigns appear to have counted him out altogether. But, in extensive interviews over the past week, aides and key allies to Mr. Bush described a long-shot plan to pull off what seems all but impossible - winning the Republican nomination for president. The plan has six elements...
Those elements, according to the New York Times, include staying on the attack, hoping to avoid a complete embarrassment in Iowa, finishing no worse than third in New Hampshire, snuggling up to Lindsey Graham (to pick up his 0.001 level of support?), getting a helping hand from W., and spending the rest of his dwindling campaign coffers on the one single thing that makes the hearts of the krack kadres of kampaign konsultants leap with joy: an advertising blitz.
No, seriously. That's it. Now stop laughing
Mr. Bush needs to do something to save his candidacy. Throw in the towel AND GO HOME TO MOMMY
As I have stated more than once, at this point, there are only two candidates that are worthy of my vote. Cruz and Trump.
I know others disagree, but I think there is a couple of things we can all agree on.
1) 2015 will go down as the year the Republican party revealed itself to be nothing more than the other side of the ruling class coin.
2) FOX news finally came out of the closet and joined the MSM.
Does the Bush Family ever focus on the fact that waste is a sin?
We agree, especially on Trump and Cruz!
Typical progressives spending other peoples money.
I’m not a money-grubber but it hurts me to see all that money flushed down the drain.
And old PRO AMNESTY Jeb is counting on PRO AMNESTY Graham for 0.001 base support is like putting Lipstick on 2 pigs.
With the exception of Cruz and Trump, none of the others are on point or on message. NO AMNESTY, NO REFUGEES, Border Control, American JOBS, cut well off to illegals, deport them all. Anchor babies and all. Repeal 0'Care, Commie Core, reduce spending, reduce taxes, and on Monday make sure 0's gun grabbing does not make it to life through unconstitutional EO's.
The Jeb super-Pac ads against Trump are silly at best. Who do they think they are convincing? In those ads they call Trump a bully, but Jeb comes off as a nasty spoiled child. The only people they appeal to are the people who are inclined to already be against Trump. With his strained tone of voice, and lecturing attitude, Jeb isn’t picking up any one. Those people are likely already with Rubio or Christie. The use of Trump making faces probably has no effect but to move Jeb voters away from Jeb and towards the other two. On FOX, regular and Super PAC ads for Rubio are on, mostly positive. Yes, negative ads have an impact, but in a crowded field, the one who puts on the negative ads doesn’t always benefit.
Heard on radio the other day that his campaign is done in SC. No more wasting $$$ here, as he’s gone absolutely no where but near the bottom in polling.
Right on, excellent post!
The pic is a hoot!
8^)
For his poll numbers to lift, he’d need to hammer Obama and the Clintons harder than Donald Trump’s doing....but he won’t do that to “his good friends”.
Lindsey will save him! LOL!
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The Bush family lost me when they sucked up to those Arkansas grifters, and I havn’t looked back.
If there’s anyone in the DC elite who still cares about saving the US, they should convince Jeb to drop out. If he and his handlers steal the nomination, a lot of pent up anger is going to emerge. That’s not a threat, it’s a fear.
Actually, I hope he stays in for a while, to neutralize Ricky Ricardo and Don Koharski.
Another “Lake and Edmund told you so many months ago” PING....
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