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 ...
——The consultants keep stringing him along
Rove has to pay his bills too ya know
Jeb, Poor Jeb.
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.
Bush is a joke.
Best election evah!
Pray America wakes
Where will his voters go?
NO Bush is a conservative.
They all have mislead us to believe they are but this would be B.S.
Go Cruz.
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