Posted on 02/01/2016 3:05:42 PM PST by jimbo123
Jeb Bush, the one-time presumptive Republican nominee, is facing a very real money crunch. His campaign raised only $7 million in the last three months of last year. Fundraising for his once mammouth Right to Rise super PAC has also dried up.
Without a big surge in New Hampshire next week, Jeb's campaign will come to an end very soon.
According to FEC reports, Jeb Bush's campaign raised just $7 million in the 4th Quarter, the period encompassing October-December. This is less than half the amount raised by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) ($14 million), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) ($15 million), or Ben Carson ($20 million).
Jeb Bush also spent far more than he raised in the 4th Quarter. He spent almost $10 million in the final three months - a feature of his large, national campaign. His campaign only had $7.5 million in the bank at the end of 2015, a small amount, just as paid advertising takes on a larger role as voting begins.
Ted Cruz, by comparison, had $19 million cash on hand at the end of 2015.
Worse for Bush, though, is the dramatic drop in contributions to his super PAC, Right to Rise. At the beginning of the campaign, the super PAC announced a massive $103 million war chest, a show of fundraising muscle designed to scare away other potential candidates.
Since that initial funding haul, however, the super PAC raised only $15 million in the last half of 2015. Right to Rise spent just about half its total by the end of 2015.
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He doesn’t have enough money to get to Florida
He could take a Greyhound...... Riding his dog-and-pony show, right?
Maybe Terri Schiavo’s family will give him a contribution.
Could he switch parties and endorse Mrs. Bill?
Punch Line:
“No, that’s just some mayonnaise from my sandwich at lunch.”
ba dum dum
Ju picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel
With four hungry ninos
And a crop in the field
(aye aye aye!)
I’ve had some bad times
Lived through some sad times
But this time your hurtin’ won’t heal
*caramba*
Ju picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel
that should ideally be a chihuahua body.....
Doesn't anybody realize those are his initials? His name is John Ellis Bush. Trump keeps saying Jeb is ashamed to use his last name. Heck, he's apparently ashamed to use his first name too
Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
Holy guacamole! A hundred and three million buckadingdongs blown through like a bean burrito through a hyperactive colon. I shoulda been a political consultant.
Don’t cry for me Argentina.
I’ll bet his consultants are billing for every time they take a leak or get a cup of coffee and think about him. The gravy train is rolling out of the station.
>> blown through like a bean burrito through a hyperactive colon
Whew! Great analogy. Been there.
>> I’ll bet his consultants are billing for every time they... think about him.
Hell, I would. If I had to think about him or talk to him or look at him, I’d want a couple Benjamins to compensate for the heartburn.
Florida wouldn’t help him, he’s dropped to 4th or 5th there.
Yeb! is the wrong candidate at the wrong time with the wrong message
Wrong-way Feldman
If there was ever a campaign by a guy who didn’t want to win, make that tried hard to lose, this was it.
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