Jeb Bush’s Last Rally in Iowa Weighed Down by Dated Conservatism & Reports of Paid Chair-Fillers

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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/02/jebs-last-iowa-rally-hecklers-dated-rhetoric.html?mid=google&google_editors_picks=true#

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The vibe at Jeb Bush’s downtown Des Moines caucus “briefing” Monday afternoon is upbeat and upscale — but it's taking place under the shadow of reports circulating in the right-wing media that the campaign is paying an army of “seat fillers” $25 an hour to make this rally look full. Paid or unpaid, the attendees are more Young Republican than the Baptist-camp-meeting look that prevailed at the Mike Huckabee rally I attended Sunday.

But Huck and Jeb are roughly in the same place going into Monday night’s caucuses — that is, tied for seventh place with Kasich, Fiorina, and Santorum in the final Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll.
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[saltpoint]

1. Jeb needed to get a couple celebrities

to campaign with him there in Iowa. But he never really reached out to any.

Maybe Ray Szmanda -- the Menards guy.

He Jeb -- it's not too late -- give Ray a call and have him meet you in New Hampshire. Shake things up a bit.