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Will New Hampshire be the last stand for Jeb Bush?
Washington Post ^ | February 6, 2016 | Ed O'Keefe

Posted on 02/06/2016 2:16:01 PM PST by Zakeet

Jeb Bush insists this is not the final weekend of his presidential campaign. But it has the makings of a last stand.

"I don't give a you-know-what about whether I'm popular or not. That is fleeting," he told 700 people in a middle school gymnasium here on Saturday, his largest New Hampshire crowd to date.

A year since he began traveling the country in pursuit of the presidency, Bush is no longer always campaigning "joyfully," as he originally pledged. He has grappled with a long, slow fall from front-runner to also-ran status, enduring relentless insults from Donald Trump and suffering a sixth-place showing in the Iowa caucuses last week.

In New Hampshire, Bush and his team want to top Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a result that would jump-start his campaign and help him emerge as a leading alternative to Trump. Christie is fading, but Kasich is tied or ahead of Bush in recent polls. And Rubio has surged after placing third in Iowa, so Bush is lobbing fresh attacks at his Miami neighbor.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: 2016election; jebbush; newhampshire
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You Freepers are just going to have to get over the Bush thing ... I am who I am ... I'm in the "establishment" because my brother was a president and my dad was a president ... when I woke up in Midland, Texas as a teeny, tiny baby, I woke up my little eyes and there she was, Barbara Bush ... and that's why I deserve your vote ... cause I give a great stump speech!

1 posted on 02/06/2016 2:16:01 PM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Please let it be so!!!


2 posted on 02/06/2016 2:17:41 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: Zakeet

We can only hope................


3 posted on 02/06/2016 2:18:37 PM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Zakeet

Now, please clap!


4 posted on 02/06/2016 2:19:13 PM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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5 posted on 02/06/2016 2:20:29 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: Zakeet

Bush said he did not need the conservative base to win the primary. He may still win but it certainly will not be with their support.


6 posted on 02/06/2016 2:20:32 PM PST by georgiarat (Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
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To: Zakeet

If Bush drops out...who will he endorse?

Trump? Not a chance.
Rubio? Don’t think so.
Cruz? Hard to fathom.
Christie? Maybe...but would Christie want that endorsement.


7 posted on 02/06/2016 2:21:59 PM PST by proudpapa (trusTed!)
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8 posted on 02/06/2016 2:22:40 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: Zakeet

No more Bushes, no more Clintons and no more “community organizers.”


9 posted on 02/06/2016 2:25:51 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Oh, I sincerely hope so. Bye-bye, Jeb. Bye-bye.
10 posted on 02/06/2016 2:29:18 PM PST by MasterGunner01 ( Barbara Da)
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To: BenLurkin

The Mexican candidate was dead when Trump tagged him as the “low energy candidate.” Over done.


11 posted on 02/06/2016 2:29:57 PM PST by Kozy
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To: Zakeet

I hear Bush got a question from Yahoo News about his logo.

As a result it’s being changed from Jeb! to Jeb? or Jeb$.

BTW, didn’t Hillary use the exclamation point when she ran against OBozo?


12 posted on 02/06/2016 2:31:12 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Chode

He does no how to draw a crowd.


13 posted on 02/06/2016 2:43:36 PM PST by kempster
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To: Zakeet

“Please clap.”


14 posted on 02/06/2016 2:49:09 PM PST by Defiant (RINOs are leaders of a party without voters. Trump/Cruz are leaders of voters without a party.)
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To: Zakeet

I’m certain he has better things to do.


15 posted on 02/06/2016 2:51:45 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: georgiarat

I don’t know, Jeb has burned through an awful pile of political capital as well as campaign cash, and his Right to Rise PAC supporters are beginning to look for the exit.

Pretty low return on investment, there.


16 posted on 02/06/2016 2:55:37 PM PST by alloysteel (If I considered the consequences of my actions, I would rarely do anything.)
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To: Zakeet

Let’s Hope!


17 posted on 02/06/2016 2:57:36 PM PST by US Navy Vet (I could Be a "Chump" for Trump, but right now I am still on "Cruz-Control"!)
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To: Zakeet

No, he has got an unlimited war chest of money from the Washington Insiders that want to keep their Nation Destroying agenda in place.


18 posted on 02/06/2016 2:57:48 PM PST by WRhine
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To: ColdOne

I doubt it. My guess is Jeb hangs around at least through Florida.


19 posted on 02/06/2016 3:01:16 PM PST by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)
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To: Zakeet

Sure hope so.


20 posted on 02/06/2016 3:23:04 PM PST by mulligan (I)
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