Posted on 01/16/2016 12:04:09 PM PST by maggief
A prominent donor to Jeb Bush pressed the chief strategist of the "super PAC" supporting Mr. Bush over the group's negative ads about Senator Marco Rubio during a closed-door meeting in Manhattan on Friday, according to three people familiar with the encounter.
The exchange took place between Barry Volpert of the private equity firm Crestview Partners and the strategist Mike Murphy at a meeting of about 35 donors at the Palace Hotel in Midtown, according to one attendee.
Mr. Volpert, who has associates who support Mr. Rubio, the senator from Florida, questioned Mr. Murphy "aggressively" about why the group was airing negative ads about Mr. Rubio's record, according to the attendee. Two other people briefed on the encounter corroborated the account.
Mr. Volpert did not mention other candidates, only Mr. Rubio, although the group has also criticized other opponents of Mr. Bush in the Republican presidential primary, including Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Donald J. Trump.
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Seems like a waste of money to me for any candidate to spend on attacking anyone except Trump or Cruz.
Hmmmm ..?? When you have donors questioning “the PACs”, you are in more serious trouble than you know.
The winds are blowing just like the weather vane in the anti-Rubio ad. And teh trains aren’t running
Well, Bush’s donors want cheap labor, and little Marco is, for them, a big future investment in Brown America, so it’s logical they don’t want him attacked.
Puppeteer to puppet: “Don’t forget who’s holding the strings!”
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