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Bush struggles to mask mounting frustration
Politico ^ | 2/17/16 | ELI STOKOLS

Posted on 02/17/2016 4:20:51 PM PST by jimbo123

Jeb Bush is having a rough day.

Fighting for his political life in the final days of this primary battle, Bush took the stage intent on showing toughness and drawing a sharp contrast between himself and Marco Rubio. Just moments earlier, he'd gotten devastating news: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, whose endorsement he'd sought, was backing Rubio, who poses the biggest threat to his own chances of political survival.

"Disappointed," Bush told reporters, summing up his feelings about Haley's endorsement as he was leaving the town hall here. "She's a very good governor and should I win the nomination, there'll be a role for her in the campaign."

But many of the voters who attended Bush's town hall had just laid bare their own doubts about Bush's chances to be the GOP nominee. During the question and answer period following an unusually hot-tempered 30-minute rendition of his stump speech, Bush received unsolicited advice from three audience members in succession, each encouraging him to be tougher.

It did not improve his mood, which was noticeably tense from the get-go.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2016election; amnesty; bencarson; bush; deportjebbush; designatedloser; election2016; elistokols; florida; illegals; jebbush; marcorubio; nikkihaley; politico; southcarolina
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To: Seruzawa

——The consultants keep stringing him along

Rove has to pay his bills too ya know


21 posted on 02/17/2016 5:14:34 PM PST by Bubba Gump Shrimp (noob)
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To: SunkenCiv

Jeb, Poor Jeb.


22 posted on 02/17/2016 5:28:06 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump for me. I want to see Hillary, Bernie or any demoncrap crushed)
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To: VanDeKoik

Jeb is not as skilled as his President brother was. Bush (43) projected warmth and stated things better than his brother did — even with his Bushisms.


23 posted on 02/17/2016 5:59:11 PM PST by Stepan12 (Our present appeasementof Islam is the Stockholm Syndrome on steroids.)
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To: HarleyLady27

Bush is a joke.


24 posted on 02/17/2016 6:05:58 PM PST by Yollopoliuhqui
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To: jimbo123

Best election evah!

Pray America wakes


25 posted on 02/17/2016 6:17:01 PM PST by bray (Trump/Palin 2016)
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To: jimbo123

Where will his voters go?


26 posted on 02/18/2016 12:44:43 AM PST by MarMema
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

NO Bush is a conservative.
They all have mislead us to believe they are but this would be B.S.
Go Cruz.


27 posted on 02/18/2016 3:34:16 AM PST by Joe Boucher
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