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Is Jeb Losing His Fund-Raising Mojo?
PJ Media ^ | 8/25/15 | Stephen Kruiser

Posted on 08/28/2015 6:33:18 AM PDT by jimbo123

We can only hope.

There are signs that Jeb Bush’s fundraising juggernaut is losing some momentum, after banking a stunning $120 million for his campaign and super PAC in the first half of the year.

A prominent Florida donor backing Bush said the former Sunshine State governor and his supporting super PAC are having to work even harder to keep up the pace, as hard-money contributions have been harder to come by in recent weeks.

“The debate performance scared a few people,” said Brian Ballard, a Tallahassee lobbyist backing Bush. “But I think the campaign’s trouble raising money right now is not because of his performance, but there’s some donor fatigue after that $100 million. I’ve been on some donor calls and it’s a hard sell for hard money.”

The post also mentions that Jeb is whining about Trump to his donors. It probably never occurred to the Little Prince that he might have to work for this.

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KEYWORDS: deportjebbush; designatedloser; jeb; righttorise; yeb
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Funny thing is that Right To Rise still hasn't filed any FEC paperwork for the $15 million dollar advertising blitz in NH, SC and IA. they promised their angry donors a few weeks back. Did Mike Murphy get cold feet?
1 posted on 08/28/2015 6:33:18 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: jimbo123
All these early Bush donors who rushed to plunk down their million$ in ticket money for a ride on the Bush train never looked to see it was for a ride over the electoral cliff.


2 posted on 08/28/2015 6:39:44 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Paine in the Neck

It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving bunch of people.


3 posted on 08/28/2015 6:42:54 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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To: jimbo123

Looking at the graph I saw yesterday, most all of his money was from PACs. There was very, very little in the way of candidate-raised money from private donations. He’s just a RINOGOPePACCoC Wizard of Ozetto.


4 posted on 08/28/2015 6:43:14 AM PDT by Gaffer
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Would you donate $100,000 to a candidate who was the odds on favorite 6 months ago but now is only at 8% with another candidate (Trump) dominating at 40%? More and more of these GOP fat cat donors will see it as a lousy investment, as money thrown down a rat hole.


5 posted on 08/28/2015 6:44:35 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Gaffer

Cruz Campaign has more hard money and cash in the bank than Bush Campaign.

And Right To Rise and Bush Campaign are in turmoil with furious donors and fingerpointing between Mike Murphy and Sally Bradshaw blaming each other for Jeb’s collapse in the polls and fundraising.

This is too good.


6 posted on 08/28/2015 6:46:14 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: dennisw

Another great thing about Trump is that he helps Cruz because Team Cruz can continue to raise money and not have to spend any money on advertising like Kasich, Christie, Walker. So Team Cruz can continue to build his bankroll without wasting money on ads.


7 posted on 08/28/2015 6:49:59 AM PDT by jimbo123
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...fingerpointing...Jeb's collapse in the polls and fundraising.

They are an arrogant lot, aren't they? Has it occurred to them that the problem is extremely unlikeable Jeb?

8 posted on 08/28/2015 6:51:00 AM PDT by grania
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To: jimbo123

Jeb Bush is a concoction of the very worst of American ideals in my opinion. He doesn’t value our sovereignty, he values the feelings of our opposition too highly, and he is generally an unpleasant, uninspiring and unqualified facsimile of what we need now. He is made from PAC money and backstabbing Republican establishment duplicity.

There isn’t anything genuine about him in my estimation, unless you want to consider his true love - Mexico. He doesn’t represent a damned thing I value nor will anything he says or does or accomplishes cause me to vote for him.


9 posted on 08/28/2015 6:51:59 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: grania

Jeb Bush = Awful
Mike Murphy = Awful
Sally Bradshaw = Awful


10 posted on 08/28/2015 6:52:03 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: dennisw

Wonder how linda grahms fund raising is doing. You can always donate at fund-a-pander-bear.coN.


11 posted on 08/28/2015 6:52:31 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to deprive me of mine. Kinda weird.)
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¡Yeb! has spent half his time campaigning in a foreign language to foreigners and they wonder why he’s dropping in the polls?

He has made it clear his loyalty is to Mexico and Mexicans, not America and Americans.
We do not wish to abandon the rule of law.
We do not wish to surrender our country to fraudulently documented foreigners.

We do not wish to become North Mexico!


12 posted on 08/28/2015 6:55:02 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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“The post also mentions that Jeb is whining about Trump to his donors. It probably never occurred to the Little Prince that he might have to work for this.”

Sums it up nicely.


13 posted on 08/28/2015 6:55:33 AM PDT by moovova
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I got a fevah, and the only prescription is more Kasich!


14 posted on 08/28/2015 6:55:37 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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JEB is taking donations of 3.00 a pop to a raffle for VIP tickets to his appearance on Colbert.


15 posted on 08/28/2015 6:57:30 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Paine in the Neck

Good cartoon, but I will feel much better when Jebbie is at Lindsey Graham’s poll rating.


16 posted on 08/28/2015 6:59:40 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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One sign of desperation and being totally out of touch with anyone but the Establishment Elite from Jeb - going to Eric Cantor in VA for endorsement & as his VA Co-chair. Trump tweeted this (LOL!):

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 2h2 hours ago Who wants the endorsement of a guy (@EricCantor) who lost in perhaps the greatest upset in the history of Congress?

17 posted on 08/28/2015 7:02:50 AM PDT by Qiviut (Stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross; lift high his royal banner, it must not suffer loss)
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To: AU72; All

Jeb’s new book is doing terrible in pre-orders:

Reply All

by Jeb Bush (Author), Columba Bush (Foreword)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,964 in Books

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,544 Paid in Kindle Store


18 posted on 08/28/2015 7:02:56 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Theodore R.
I will feel much better when Jebbie is at Lindsey Graham’s poll rating.

Agree!
19 posted on 08/28/2015 7:03:51 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
I got a fevah, and the only prescription is more Kasich!

"Jeb" Kasich - for when you really want a RINO but just can't take another Bush.

20 posted on 08/28/2015 7:06:32 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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