Jeb Bush Less Popular Than John Kasich, Poll Shows

During a town hall in New Hampshire, Bush was asked to compare and contrast himself with Christie.

“Yeah, I signed an oath for that, I’ve been a Republican all my whole adult life”, said Bush.

“I know that giving states more flexibility will open the door for transformative ideas to eliminate poverty and increase opportunity”, Bush said in a statement Friday morning. “Wonderful. And he maybe exaggerates his success a bit, and all that, but it’s good, it’s a healthy thing, it’s an American thing to be successful and to be proud”.

Looking at his watch, Mr Bush drew laughter in the crowd when he replied: “Let me see how much time we have”.

Self-described as a policy nerd and tagged as “low energy” by Donald Trump, Jeb Bush is reaching deeper to show voters the man inside as he fights for his political survival ahead of New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary. Many in the GOP don’t want their next president to be a third Bush.

“Every day they exist is the day they recruit people to attack people in Paris or conceivably the United States”, Bush said.

That was the beginning of the former Florida governor’s lengthy explanation.

After Bush blasted Trump’s “lack of seriousness” on national security issues, Hewitt asked Bush if he’d support and campaign for Trump if Trump wins the nomination.

Bush added Trump has disparaged women, Muslims and Hispanics, and said, “We’re getting down to about 90 percent of all people here”.

On policy, Kasich points to initiatives in OH aimed at expanding drug education in schools and his decision to expand Medicaid in OH, which he says has opened up more resources for treatment and other programs.

The latest polls in SC show Bush hovering around 10 percent, putting him well behind Trump and Sen. “She went through hell, so did her mum and so did I”. The polling math regarding former President Bush makes for complicated politics for his brother, who has vowed to run a primary campaign that wouldn’t damage his viability in a general election race.

“Donald Trump’s first impulse as it relates to the issue of North Korea is to say that’s China’s problem”. Ted Cruz, reminding voters of his dynastic family, it has been thought, would be disastrous for Mr. Bush. “I like him. He’s got a great style about him, a great personality”.

“Not tonight anyway, time will tell, it’s long race”, he said.

“A conservative party should nominate a conservative candidate, not someone who has been all over the map”, Bush said.