Posted on 02/20/2016 6:31:17 PM PST by Pinkbell
His campaign started out stuffed with money.
By last July, Jeb Bush had raised $103 million for his super PAC, Right to Rise, an astonishing sum that seemed to foretell the most lavishly funded campaign in American history. No super PAC had ever raised so much cash so early in an election cycle. In fact, Right to Rise alone outraised all the super PACs combined at the same stage in the 2012 elections.
Now, after primary elections in just three states, Bush is out. He finished sixth in the Iowa caucus, fourth in the New Hampshire primary, and now, fourth in the South Carolina primary. It has become a given in modern American politics that money buys results, but Bush's rapid flameout suggests a more nuanced reality: Money can buy an edge, but successful candidates still need broad-based support and lots of smaller donors.
Bush‘s strategy from the beginning was to lure wealthy donors able to write six- and seven-figure checks to his super PAC. But his campaign itself was never well-funded, and that turned out to be a critical gap. Super PACs, which can accept unlimited amounts of money, can pay for ads and other types of advocacy—either for the favored candidate or against rivals—but they’re not allowed to cover basic campaign expenses such as salaries for staff, travel costs, event fees and anything else done by the campaign proper. That's what the presidential campaign committee is for, and that's limited to maximum donations of $2,700 per person for the primary elections, and another $2,700 for the general election. So even with a gargantuan super PAC, it's still crucial to have a lot of donors funding the traditional campaign.
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Ain't NO one gonn'a invite him to speak !
If I spent $100 million of other people’s money running for President I would not have a lot to show for it either.
Of course, unlike Yeb!, I am not stupid enough to think I could every buy my way into the Presidency.
I didn’t support him, so no.
No, I’m saying even if you agreed with him.
Me either. I think he figured the establishment support would help him and he’d get it like Juan and Romney. I think in a way he thought his last name would help, but then he was reluctant to use it for a while. He would have been better to just proudly proclaim his last name from the beginning and let the chips fall where they may.
Now he will back Rubio, which is fine. It makes Rubio more establishment.
Selling out American’s didn’t work this time.
Just like ‘see ya at the bill signing’ didn’t work.
Nonetheless, the Cheap Labor Express plodded on.
Isn’t it!
Whoopee...
If he was my candidate I guess I would have early on, but at this point, as in the past couple months, no because he mismanaged his campaign badly.
Betting on the come - Payment up front for the special access and favoritism they expect when she is gets back in the White House.
One thing is for sure and that this election for the republicans have 3 candidates in the final stages that the establishment Would never have chosen for us and that is a good thing.
One thing is for sure and that this election for the republicans have 3 candidates in the final stages that the establishment Would never have chosen for us and that is a good thing.
George P. Bush is already running for 2020. Get in on the ground floor.
Electoral Disfunction?
Thinking about all the money those yahoo globalists wasted, makes me smile.
Time to carry on. Jeb has proven himself and done the right thing. Lets wish him good luck and his continued contributions to beating the Dems
I will say this much - most states do not have a better governor, apparently, than JEB was in FL. Caveat: Common Core.
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