Jeb Bush’s ambitions paid dividends for GOP admaker over the years (Mike Murphy's money grab)

Washington Post ^ | 2/28/16 | Matea Gold

[jimbo123]

The sudden end to Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign this month appeared to bring another chapter to a close: his long and fruitful partnership with Republican admaker Mike Murphy, the brash strategist who has been at his side for nearly two decades.

Since 1998, when Murphy helped Bush remake his image and win the Florida governor’s office after an earlier failed bid, the strategist’s firms have received nearly $36 million from Bush’s campaigns, allied political committees and educational foundation, according to campaign finance and tax records compiled by The Washington Post. While the vast majority of the money went to purchase advertising, Murphy got a significant cut as the media consultant.

In this year’s presidential contest, the pugnacious strategist helmed the big-money super PAC that Bush and his allies believed would give him a key edge in the race. By the time the former governor bowed out, Right to Rise USA had raced through more than $101 million of the nearly $119 million it had amassed, to little effect.

[jch10]

Let’s allow Jeb to go into the failed politician’s graveyard, never to be heard from again!

[laconic]

I assume Murphy saved some of his money because I doubt even Republican candidates are stupid enough to trust (and pay zillions for) campaign strategy that insults 80 percent of the Party and takes the candidate from a 17 percent poll lead to 2 percent in Iowa and less than 8 percent in South Carolina where we were told the Bushes are all so popular.

[jimbo123]

Don’t forget Murphy putting out fake polls to try to keep the RTR donors from cutting off his ad money.

[TexasCajun]

...laughing all the way to the Bank.