Posted on 10/30/2015 7:15:35 AM PDT by maggief
So this is a little bit awkward: Jeb Bush's team sent out a 45-page campaign memo to select members of the media, but U.S. News was able to obtain the full, uncensored 112-page report â which, it just so happens, contains some less-than-sunny details about how the former Florida governor's presidential campaign is actually going.
Here's the lowdown: The Iowa caucus, on February 1, is 93 days away. Bush's campaign has set the goal of receiving 18.45 percent of the vote - more than double the 8 percent he's polling now. About 128,800 Republican voters are expected to turn out, which means Bush needs about 24,000 votes. The catch: His campaign is only confident he has 1,260 voters in the Hawkeye State.
The estimate comes from over 70,000 phone calls made by a 10-person paid staff in Iowa; for all their calls, the team was only able to rope in four volunteers and root up a total of 1,260 Bush supporters statewide.
(Excerpt) Read more at theweek.com ...
Fox News is a subsidiary of The Cheap Labor Express. They will keep pushing amnesty candidates like Yeb!, Rubio, and even Carson if they have to.
To be fair, Jeb’s original campaign intent was to bypass Iowa almost completely, relying (ironically) on his celebrity name. He only paid any attention to an Iowa campaign after he was flopping.
Also, even though Iowa has been native habitat for the RINO, Jeb is not particularly well-liked by Iowa’s GOP establishment, which has until lately favored Walker and Christie. They’re actually a wild card right now, but Rubio may end up with their reluctant support.
I don't think that will happen. The MSM will keep the Jebster on the front page everyday until they suck up every Ad dollar his supporter are willing to fork up.
We will know when the support money runs out, they MSM will put Jeb on ignore.
He never intended to compete in Iowa, his hope is to win New Hampshire liberal vote and then take Florida and try and ride that momentum into the nomination. As long as he has other people willing to pay his bills I see him staying in at least until New Hampshire is over. If the money has to start coming out of the Bush treasury he will fold up his joyful campaign and go back to Mexico.
The nearest comparison I can think about is Jon Hunstman, who actually did so-so in New Hampshire in 2012 but pulled out shortly afterward because it became clear he wasn't going any further in an actual election than in the polls.
Tokyo Rove triggers a remote channel change on my TV ...
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