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In fundraising, Jeb is on defense
Politico ^ | 4/23/15 | Eli Stokols

Posted on 04/24/2015 3:47:12 PM PDT by jimbo123

Weekend confab comes as some Bush donors fear his funding edge is slipping.

This weekend in Miami Jeb Bush will huddle with a group of his top donors at a brand new “nature-centric,” $700-a-night South Beach hotel, replete with four pools, a Tom Colicchio restaurant and an 11,000-plant “living green wall.”

The point, though, isn’t tranquility and relaxation – it’s survival.

For a time, it looked like Bush would steamroll the GOP field with a cash-flush juggernaut that might raise as much as $100 million in the first quarter, using a variety of super PACs to push the boundaries of campaign finance laws and dominate the field.

But that was before New York hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer pledged more than $15 million to Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio gained the full-fleged support of Miami billionaire Norman Braman and became the front-runner to win casino mogul Sheldon Adelson’s backing. Another rival, Scott Walker, recently became the favorite of billionaire David Koch, who seemed to tip his support for the Wisconsin governor at a fundraiser this week.

“Everyone has looked at Jeb’s fundraising strategy of ‘shock and awe’ as him ‘going on offense’,” said a Bush bundler, one of several who spoke to POLITICO for this story on the condition of anonymity.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush4mexico; bushroyalfamily; nomorebushes; rino; soyunperdedor
And next week: Jeb's Amnesty pilgrimage to Houston.
1 posted on 04/24/2015 3:47:12 PM PDT by jimbo123
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Jeb should get as much money as Terri got water.


2 posted on 04/24/2015 3:49:59 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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What happens if his fund raising dries up? That would be sad.
New so I'll add it. /s :)
Jeb, don't go away mad, Jeb, just go away.
3 posted on 04/24/2015 3:50:25 PM PDT by dp0622 (Franky Five Angels: "Look, let's get 'em all -- let's get 'em all now, while we got the muscle.")
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Little Jebbie, call it a day and go home to mama.
4 posted on 04/24/2015 3:51:09 PM PDT by Fungi (So you think you know anything about evolution? Think again.)
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It just means Jebbie is going to need some of that Clinton Cash to keep his branch of the Hillary campaign running.


5 posted on 04/24/2015 3:51:57 PM PDT by samtheman ( BushClinton. The Yesterday Candidate.)
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This is when his mom gets into action.


6 posted on 04/24/2015 3:52:24 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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This is when his mom gets into action

Jeb has not been good at the "aw shucks" routine that the other Bushes have excelled at. Mama Bush can slither away with the rest of them.

7 posted on 04/24/2015 4:13:21 PM PDT by grania
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VOTE for Jeb and LOOSE.... on a massive scale..
AND elect HELLary or some other demonic minion...


8 posted on 04/24/2015 4:20:08 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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Brilliant...he’s starting to feel $$$ problems so spends big bucks on lodging to attract donors.
That sure worked for Cantor. /sar
The Bush family are probably the dumbest people on the planet.


9 posted on 04/24/2015 4:29:46 PM PDT by Zathras
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I don’t care how much cash Jebster can raise from The Cheap Labor Express, I’m NEVER voting for him.


10 posted on 04/24/2015 4:30:49 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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