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All Hank Greenberg's Millions Won't Save Jeb Bush
Fortune ^ | 1/7/16 | Ben Geier

Posted on 01/08/2016 8:30:59 AM PST by jimbo123

Piles of donations can't make up for a weak campaign. History proves it.

For months, Jeb Bush has struggled to get his foothold in the Republican nomination fight, more often seeming like the nerdy kid who's been invited to the mall just to be made fun of than a serious contender for most powerful job in the world. There's one thing he's never been short of, though: cold, hard cash.

Bush just got another infusion of money in the form of a $10 million donation to the pro-Bush Super PAC Right to Rise from none other than former AIG chairman Hank Greenberg.

So, can Bush get by simply by outlasting his opponents through superior money-raising abilities and a massive war chest? History says probably not.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chamberofamnesty; designatedloser; gope; jebbush; mikemurphy; righttorise

1 posted on 01/08/2016 8:30:59 AM PST by jimbo123
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Jeb Bush has struggled to get his foothold

Worse than that....he was placed on the opponent's 5 yard line with the ball tucked under his arm and the other 21 players standing at the other end of the field and he still couldn't put it in the end zone.

2 posted on 01/08/2016 8:32:39 AM PST by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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"There is a great deal of advertising that is much better than the product. When that happens, all that the good advertising will do is put you out of business faster."

-- Jerry Della Femina


3 posted on 01/08/2016 8:35:19 AM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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he was placed on the opponent's 5 yard line with the ball tucked under his arm and the other 21 players standing at the other end of the field and he still couldn't put it in the end zone.

Well. That's actually kind of messy. I don't know whether to call Delay of Game, Illegal Formation, or Defensive Offsides. Replay the down.
4 posted on 01/08/2016 8:35:55 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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It is quite clear that only the Establishment wants Jeb...the American people don’t want anything to do with the establishment....and visa-versa...that is patently clear!


5 posted on 01/08/2016 8:41:30 AM PST by yoe
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6 posted on 01/08/2016 8:43:04 AM PST by jennychase
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The Cheap Labor Express is desperate to stop us from electing anyone who would stop them.

Yeb! ain’t gonna get it done, though.

They couldn’t have picked a more lame candidate.


7 posted on 01/08/2016 11:44:32 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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