Posted on 01/21/2016 9:15:42 AM PST by jimbo123
When Jeb Bush and his allies began helping the "super PAC" supporting him raise more than $100 million last year, his bid for the Republican nomination seemed like a safe bet. But as Mr. Bush's campaign continues to lag, his backers are increasingly turning their frustrations over his foundering candidacy on the group, Right to Rise, and its inability to influence the race.
Some donors quietly worry about how the cash-rich group is spending its money, confounded by how few tangible results the tens of millions it has pumped into the race so far have yielded. Others have expressed dismay with negative ads Right to Rise has run and a 15-minute pro-Bush documentary that it produced.
The frustrations spilled into full view at a private meeting Friday at the Palace Hotel in Midtown Manhattan between Mike Murphy, the group's chief strategist, and roughly three-dozen donors.
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No amount of money can get people to vote for a bad candidate.
And let’s face it: Jeb Bush IS an appallingly bad candidate.
A fact even Mike Murphy can’t fix.
Jimbo, You forgot a pic of Karl Rove!
Have they thought about blaming Yeb?
100 Miillion can’t polish a turd.
Trump and Cruz have spent only a tiny fraction of what Bush has spent, yet have better results. That displays poor judgment on Bush’s part, and underlines the fact that you can’t just buy votes with shiny ads. People need substance.
There might be a PAC problem. But the big problem is Jeb is a friggin JERK. A RINO, doesn’t get it, no light bulb going off, JERK.
Tippy toe tippy toe......JERK!!
All the marketing in the world can't make a bad product good.
Yeh it couldn’t be that Bush is just a terrible candidate or anything. LOL!
The NYT is very disappointed in Jeb’s performance. Bouhouhou!
100 Miillion can't polish a turdtle.
There, I fixed it.
NYT disappointed because Jeb was supposed to be their Designated Loser to Hillary and things are going according to plan.
Let’s declare a one-minute truce in the Trump-Cruz War to CELEBRATE the destruction of Yebbie!
Woo Hoo!!! Drop Out Jeb, you LOSER!!!
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okay, party’s over, back at it y’all. :-)
They all had to know Murphy would never give a penny back. And they have no one to blame but themselves for falling in with such a tarnished Bush brand and ridiculous theory of running left to win the primaries after seeing the TEA movement and the congressional routs.
The jerks who attempt to BUY our elections are upset? Eff ‘em.
Picture of a pailful of money being poured down a toilet— goes here:
If Bush can’t manage a campaign, how the hell can he manage an entire country.
Yeb’s one accomplishment: proving false the Democrats’ claim that the First Amendment must be re-written to restrict “unlimited campaign contributions” or rich donors will be able to buy a President into office.
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