Donald Trump: Redskins a ‘positive’ name, Washington shouldn’t change

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush told an audience of Iowa party faithful Tuesday that a conservative will win the White House if the GOP convinces middle-class Americans it can knock down barriers to economic growth.

Republican presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Jeb Bush have weighed in on the Washington Redskins’ name controversy, saying the team shouldn’t change the name.

REACTION: Bush got a standing ovation at the beginning and the end of his 20-minute speech.

Mr. Bush, too, says the name should not be changed and that politicians should not have any say about such things. In addition, while the former president is popular among the conservative base, he’s still not a victor among the electorate at large, especially Democrats, which could hurt Jeb’s general election prospects if he does manage to clinch the nomination. He seems to lack the charisma of his brother, which is hurting him in a crowded and boisterous Republican field.

In other words, he’s popular now because he’s not Barack Obama, who took all of Bush’s failed policies and put them on steroids (with a healthy dose of social liberalism to boot). He had name recognition as well as the backing of the Republican establishment, a successful record as governor of Florida and had quickly raised $100 million.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton each lead their party’s respective primary race in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to new polls from Quinnipiac University.

Bush also released a video that sought to frame his pitch as a doer, not a talker.

Trump told the New York Times that the controversy over the use of Redskins was a case of unnecessary political correctness. Vice President Joe Biden is second at 22%, even though he has yet to announce whether he plans to run.

“We’re taking people’s rights away each time we do that, and we’re not necessarily focusing on the real challenge”, Bush said. He was also approached by the Bush campaign.

The Club for Growth survey interviewed 500 Republicans planning to go to caucus and was conducted by GOP polling firm Basswood Research between Oct. 3 and Oct. 4.

Donors “are anxious that the pro-Bush super PAC is going to train its fire on Marco Rubio”, said Murray. The most recent recent poll in the Granite State cut Kasich’s support in half, from 12 percent to 6 percent, risking another slide into territory behind Bush and Rubio.