Is it time to 'Ebb with Jeb'?

bbc.com ^ | 2/5/16 | Jon Sopel

[cotton1706]

The Kentucky senator, Rand Paul, who pulled out of the presidential race on Wednesday, had a slogan "Stand With Rand". But not enough people did. So he quit the field.

Jeb Bush's campaign is winning even less support (he trailed well behind Rand Paul in Iowa), but he is not quitting. So perhaps his campaign should now carry the moniker "Ebb with Jeb", because while he is still in the race, it is reaching the lamentable stage.

If this were a TV medical drama and not a political race, the scene that we would have played out is a bunch of concerned physicians, stethoscopes round their necks, wearing pristine white coats, looking concerned peering over a comatose, perfectly still body, while the monitors at the bedside barely flicker.

And eventually one would pipe up, his brow furrowed and exuding quiet concern: "I think we should pull the plug."

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Trump is kicking Jeb’s butt all over the place as it is. If Jeb ever ends up in the top three, I think you’ll see Trump bring up exactly the points you raise.

[napscoordinator]

Thanks. I hope so. I have a real dislike for Bush. We already had 2. Isn’t that enough?

[Behind Liberal Lines]

[epluribus_2]

With 48 different state GOPe committees working hard to engineer how 2nd, 3rd, etc. place candidate delegates might commit to an alternative to save the party and avoid embarrassment and disaster. Y’know, someone seasoned and respectable like Dole, McCain, and Romney were. These B&st%÷ds don’t want to win the white house. Deathly afraid of it actually. Fear of BDS II infects pub elite. They really didn’t like RWR much either at their country club core.