Jeb Bush is getting torched in Iowa

Business Insider ^ | 5/6 | Colin Campbell

[TangledUpInBlue]

Bush, widely viewed as a presidential front-runner on the Republican side, scored just 5% in the first primary state in a new Quinnipiac University poll out Wednesday.

The survey found Bush in seventh place among likely caucusgoers — behind Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.

Walker, with 21%, was by far the leader in the poll. Rubio and Paul tied for second place with 13% apiece. The large field of candidates makes it difficult for any one candidate to gain a majority of the vote.

[TangledUpInBlue]

I have to wonder how this predicts the vote in a General Election. (yes, I know this is VERY early) But without Iowa as red, it makes the math very hard for the GOP to run a winning election. Even with FL, OH, and VA red, the math isn't good.

Walker would have to flip Wisconsin and purple leaning CO would need to flip back as well. I don't think the largest anti-Hillary vote would be enough to flip a perennially blue state to red.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[MeshugeMikey]

the Lead FIddle Player in Los RINOS got El Trounced???''such micro aggression

[Gaffer]

It’s a good start. One of my biggest dreams now is to see him trashed out and ousted even before the primaries. Failing that, never reaching past a first round count.

[right way right]

Only the media regards Bush as a front runner.

[DiogenesLamp]

Jeb Bush should be the butt of jokes throughout Republicandom. In no way should he be considered as a candidate, not just because of his positions (many of which absolutely stink) but because his last name is "Bush" and I assure you, that even we Republicans are suffering from Bush-Fatigue.

We don't need another Bush, at least for another half century or so.

If Jeb is the nominee, i'll vote for whatever scumbag the Democrats run.

[MeshugeMikey]

STAY OUT THE BUSHES!!

[jjotto]

Iowa is irrelevant to the actual presidential election.

Jeb made an early decision to rely on money instead of actually personally campaigning. It looks like he’s all-in on a gamble that he can gain the initiative in the winner-take-all primaries starting March 15: Florida, Illinois and Missouri.

It’s been easy to see for a long time that Jeb had no place to get votes in Iowa. It’s not that he couldn’t have been competitive, it’s just that he wasn’t willing to do the groundwork early enough. He’s trying the Giuliani strategy from 2008.

[JPG]

The 'Act of Love' Express meets a road bump

[Mr. K]

“widely viewed” by who????

[GeronL]

That is so perfect

[DoughtyOne]

And who will the Democrats vote for?

5% >>>>> 30%

[wetgundog]

Jeb Bush is being torched in Iowa... Flame on you sorry RINO piece of S-—!

[arthurus]

Jeb Bush is not concerned with his standings in the early primaries. The earlies are for serially smearing the conservative front runners as they put up their heads. He won't actually run in them but will lay back and spend lots of money trashing the leaders among those who do. He will use his money to induce the conservatives to go personal with each other which, alas, most will do anyway. If Cruz and Walker can stay out of the mud and not say anything about their oppơnents and not "explain" anything or apologize for anything -Reagan did this- they will get into the second half, leaving the rest behind and one of them will win it.

[ckilmer]

Conservatives hate what Bush did on the border as much as liberals hate Bush for the Iraq war.

Bush would have a good chance against Hillary. It would be the lowest turnout vote in history. Where both sides loathed their nominee.

(If you read the liberal rags. In case there was any doubt before the liberals all know now that Billary is totally corrupt—in a third world way.)

Similarly Jeb Bush promises to sell out the republican base is an act everyone understands. A 1/4-1/3 of the republican party would not show up to vote in the general if Bush got the nomination because they would know that the real game was already over.

While Hillary right now has no serious contenders for the the nomination — Jeb has many. He won’t be able to triangulate them either because the pubbie attitude is anyone but Bush.

Jeb has another problem. He is hitting a lot of wrong notes on other issues unrelated to border issues. The notes he’s hitting make him sound like a 90’s republican. He’s got such a tin ear that I think even the establishment republicans are beginning to take notice.