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Jeb’s multi-million dollar sinkhole: Months of pro-Bush ads haven’t accomplished much
Salon ^ | 12/2/15 | SIMON MALOY

Posted on 12/02/2015 11:04:11 AM PST by jimbo123

After nearly $30 million in super PAC TV ads, Jeb's campaign still hasn't bounced back, which should worry donors.

John Ellis Bush is, according to most reports, still running for president. The latest Quinnipiac poll puts Jeb at five percent nationally: slightly higher than the candidates in the Also-Ran nether regions, but well outside the top tier occupied by Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz. That five percent is perfectly in line with nearly every other poll released in the last couple of months, which show Jeb struggling to move out of the mid-single digits.

In New Hampshire, the state which Jeb's presidential hopes are said to be pinned on, things don't look much better. He's pulling in something like 7.5 percent - good enough for sixth place. In the last three months of New Hampshire polling, Jeb has broken out of single digits just twice, and has never come close to challenging frontrunner Donald Trump.

That's obviously not good news for the candidate who was supposed to be the establishment-backed juggernaut of the GOP field. But Jeb's poor numbers become downright scandalous when you take into account the many millions of dollars that pro-Bush forces have dumped into advertising designed to move the needle in Jeb's favor.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; deportjebbush; elections; gope; loser; mikemurphy; mikemurphyfail; righttorise
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Salon is worried about Jeb Bush and his donors failed advertising campaigns.
1 posted on 12/02/2015 11:04:11 AM PST by jimbo123
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The Heb! fans have been rather quiet..


2 posted on 12/02/2015 11:05:04 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: jimbo123

Such a waste of money. Drop out and donate the rest to the Military.


3 posted on 12/02/2015 11:05:09 AM PST by angcat
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To: jimbo123

I bet more than Salon is worried.


4 posted on 12/02/2015 11:05:25 AM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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JEB should declare George Pataki will be his running mate - that should be good for another 0.2% bump in the polls.


5 posted on 12/02/2015 11:08:31 AM PST by PGR88
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To: jimbo123

Maybe Yheb! should come out for building and manning a FENCE.


6 posted on 12/02/2015 11:08:33 AM PST by Paladin2 (my non-desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
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To: angcat
Such a waste of money. Drop out and donate the rest to the Military.

Or at least use it to defeat Hillary instead of using it to try and prop up an unelectable loser.

7 posted on 12/02/2015 11:09:20 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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jeb bush photo: Jeb Bush, Presidential Candidate GOV-JEB-BUSH-2.jpg

Spend more. You're doing great. Don't listen. You're awesome.

8 posted on 12/02/2015 11:09:27 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: Darksheare

Invest 10’s of millions of dollars.

Then watch your poll number tank........

Helluva deal!!


9 posted on 12/02/2015 11:09:58 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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Not true. Mike Murphy and his band of political mercenaries accomplished a lot — they’ve added at least a couple million dollars to their bank accounts.


10 posted on 12/02/2015 11:11:01 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Snickering Hound

I posted this on another thread; fits here too:

Bush’s campaign has been blanketing the airwaves here in Illinois for the last month, ad nauseum. I hate his Ads, they stink. I am so sick of seeing them that even if I was a Bush fan (I never have been), I’d hate him just for the frequency of his Ads. The more he advertises, I suspect the more people dislike him. No more Bushes, ever. Their dynasty is done, finis.


11 posted on 12/02/2015 11:11:35 AM PST by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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To: Snickering Hound

Or use it to get that strabismus fixed.


12 posted on 12/02/2015 11:12:07 AM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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Go Home, Yeb!

Last thing we need is a Bush vs Clinton race OR a president from either house.

13 posted on 12/02/2015 11:13:16 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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The ads have accomplished the same thing as Jeb’s speeches. People who used to have no idea who Jeb was, but disliked him for his last name, now know him enough to despise him for a good reason.


14 posted on 12/02/2015 11:17:05 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Snickering Hound

Awesome. I am still laughing.


15 posted on 12/02/2015 11:19:49 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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Jeb, better open a taco stand because your finished as
Presidential contender. Your wife can take orders in Spanish.


16 posted on 12/02/2015 11:22:10 AM PST by wetgundog ("Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is No Vice" -AuH2O)
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Just like the $350 million Karl Rove spent last election with no results!


17 posted on 12/02/2015 11:23:04 AM PST by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: jimbo123

Because everybody already knew what Bush was and they rejected him out of hand, all of the ads in the world aren’t going to change that.


18 posted on 12/02/2015 11:23:25 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Darksheare

well there is only about 5 in every group of 100... and they are hiding in the shadows so no one knows they snuck in.


19 posted on 12/02/2015 11:25:52 AM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: jimbo123

This man fails to except the fact very few want him as a candidate for President. By failing to drop out of the race he is becoming “Spooky!”


20 posted on 12/02/2015 11:28:01 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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