Posted on 06/24/2015 8:01:45 AM PDT by jimbo123
He may be the frontrunner on paper, but his campaign has fallen apart. In his official launch, he tried to turn the tide.
Things ought to be pretty good for Jeb Bush right now. The former Florida governor leads by a narrow margin in national polls for the Republican presidential nomination, and by a wider margin in New Hampshire. He is overwhelmingly dominant in fundraising. And he does not lack for connections to the Republican donors, officials, and grandees collectively known as "the Establishment."
Yet before Bush's campaign could even officially begin on Monday, it seemed to be falling apart. His staff was in turmoil, the apparent result of tensions between new hires and longtime loyalists and potential opponents, unintimidated, kept jumping into the race. Bush's poll numbers, while still good enough for first place in a 15-way contest, have been on a downward trajectory since he stepped out on the campaign circuit. Pundits have compared him to Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who led the field in the early run-up to the 2008 primaries, only to see his candidacy collapse when Republican activists in early-voting states turned their backs. The party that nurtured Bush's father and older brother seemed disinclined to grant him the same deference.
And so the stakes were high as Bush took the stage here on Monday, in a community-college gymnasium in a heavily Cuban neighborhood. The arena was packed with a diverse and passionate crowd (about 3,000, according to the campaign). They carried inflatable thundersticks and red-and-white signs with the candidate's exclamatory new logo, "Jeb!" (in Spanish: "¡Jeb!"). Bush was preceded onstage by a family of Cuban salsa musicians; an African American pastor; a Colombian American advocate for children with disabilities; his own Mexican American son, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush;
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Ditto! No way, Jose.
“Can Jeb Bush Make Republicans Believe?”
In ghosts, ufos, and bigfoot, sure.
In his candidacy, no freaking way.
I believe he should be President (of Mexico ).
I wouldn’t vote for jeb bush if he was running for dog catcher.
Yep Jeb has made me believe that he will only help the invasion of our country by illegal aliens. If he gets the GOPe nomination I WILL vote third party!!!
I believe. I believe he’s an open borders, amnesty loving, Common Core promoting anti-American liberal and I believe I wouldn’t vote for this douche if you paid me.
No. Next question.
I Believe....he is dumber than Karl Rove.
...and thats not easy.
Jeb Bush is OWNED by lobbyists, as is the whole family...
Jeb Bush is more concerned about bringing in Mexico and making them happy than America....
Jeb Bush is a washed-out; brainless; tiresome bore...
Jeb Bush is a non starter. He and Crispy are my line in the sand. Hopefully Trump will run him out.
I believe that .......... if Jeb Bush is the Repugnant nomination for prissydent, the dems will win again. Regardless who they run.
Yeah, I agree.
But then my comment wouldn’t match the headline.
Style, my FRiend. Style.
MSM want you to believe, they want his Ad money.
Front runner? Only NE libs would ever say that.
Nope, no Bushes, no Clintons.
He can not make true conservatives believe ever, he is compromised.
Lets see Little Jebbie is for:
Open borders
Permanent slave labor class
Even more big government programs and bureaucracy
Globull Warming
If he can finally come out for tax increases and gun control his conversion will be complete.
He can make the low information Republican Party can do no wrong voters follow him. They are a pathetically sad lot.
bump
I believe he’s a Democrat in an R jersey.
I further believe Hillary is the lesser evil.
The Congress won’t pass the same things for her that they would for Jebster.
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