Jeb Bush, seemingly perfect on paper, just hasn't caught on with GOP voters

[Liberal_in_LA]

n paper, Jeb Bush is the perfect establishment candidate for the Republican presidential nomination:

A two-term governor of a crucial swing state who oversaw economic expansion and spearheaded education reform.

A conservative, but with a cerebral, optimistic tone that probably won't enrage moderate voters, unlike the unabashed social-issue warriors in the GOP field.

A prolific fundraiser whose advantage stems from the powerful donor networks of his brother, former President George W. Bush, and his father, former President George H.W. Bush.

Yet the former Florida governor — for all his might on paper — has failed to catch on with Republican voters.


In recent weeks, his strongest showing was in the low double digits in polls both nationally and in the states that hold the first contests in the 2016 race for the White House. A CNN/ORC poll taken in Iowa and released Wednesday showed Bush with 5% support compared with front-runner Donald Trump's 22%.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-jeb-bush-20150817-story.html

[Mike Nelson]

1. Brother of...

...the Worst US President in history!

[shraby]

2. Signer of the infamous PNAC document.

[global1]

3. Really? Seemingly Perfect? Come On Now.......

This guy doesn't have his heart into this. It's almost like he doesn't want to be involved. He's being dragged into this - probably told that don't worry we got your back - you won't have to do anything but be our front man. We'll make all the decisions for you and back you up.

Jeb should do the right thing and just drop out now. Why wait and be even more humiliated.

[realFedUp]

4. Does Jeb get to keep the PAC money when he drops out?

He must have lawsuits he needs to pay off.

[malaise]

5. The only paper for which Jebus enoughBushes is qualified

is toilet paper.

[truebluegreen]

8. Jeebus.Enough.Bushes!

Hooray!

I am so stealing that.

[malaise]

9. I stole it so why not

[0rganism]

6. DT pretty much neutralizes his opponents' fundraising capabilities

right now, he doesn't even have to advertise to hold the front position.
when the time comes, he has more money to blow than all the other candidates can raise.

his candidacy marks the end of the dominant Republican establishment, for better or for worse.

[Auggie]

7. Don't bury him yet -- a Pro-Bush super PAC is about to spend $10M+ on a TV campaign

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The heavily funded super PAC backing Republican Jeb Bush will spend at least $10 million on television time in the earliest voting presidential primary states, the first salvo in a massive TV ad campaign to support the former Florida governor's bid for the Republican nomination.

Officials with Right to Rise USA say they will buy time in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina TV markets and on cable television in the three states. Ads are scheduled to begin in Iowa and New Hampshire on Sept. 15, in South Carolina a week later and then run continuously through the end of the year.

The plan, shared by the group with The Associated Press prior to Monday's buy, is the first evidence of Right to Rise USA's major strategic spending of the roughly $100 million it had on hand last month. It's also the first major move by the group, which was developed by longtime Bush adviser and California ad maker Mike Murphy, to run alongside Bush's own campaign organization, which is bound by federal fundraising limits.

"We believe Jeb Bush has the strongest record of conservative accomplishments in the race, and we plan to tell that story," Paul Lindsay, communication director for Right to Rise USA, told the AP.

http://news.yahoo.com/pro-bush-super-pac-spending-10m-plus-initial-110037190--election.html