Seeking applause line, Jeb Bush struggles with voters
Jeb Bush, battling against low poll numbers in the last days before Tuesday’s primary, attempted Wednesday to convince voters he’s still worth supporting in what will likely be a tight New Hampshire race. Marco Rubio, his former mentee and fellow Floridian, in the next major presidential contest, or just pack up and drop out of the race, according to The New York Times.
The Bush campaign later identified the woman as Tara, a working mother who woke up at 4 a.m.to work a 12-hour shift so she could see the former governor of Florida speak. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie released satirical videos slamming the Floridian as “scripted” for repeating himself in interviews and speeches.
The other GOP contenders have “no proven record of experience”, Bush told a crowd of committed and curious voters crammed into a school cafeteria in Derry, N.H. He likened Bush’s perseverance to a “Muhammad Ali-like vow to surprise the world in New Hampshire”. Gilmore spent more than $100,000 to garner 12 votes – though as he noted during his surprisingly buzzy appearance in the last debate, Gilmore is focusing on New Hampshire.
Presidential candidate Jeb Bush came to Franklin Pierce University on Tuesday to tout his leadership prowess less than 24 hours after a disappointing performance in Iowa. “I don’t even think about him”, she said.
But Barbara Bush protested: “It was no sacrifice”. But family doesn’t have to be utterly enthusiastic about it, and watching Jeb Bush’s relations traipse through snowy New Hampshire illustrates the limit of familial bonds. And Bush’s “super PAC” has almost $60 million.
That pledge of party loyalty also extends to Rubio, he said, though Bush and his allies continue to train their fire on the first-term senator, whose third place finish in Iowa ignited a new round of momentum for his campaign. He says although Jeb Bush is behind in the polls, he still has a chance. Ted Cruz, comparing the two first-term senators to then-Illinois Sen.
CONCORD, New Hampshire (CNN) – Jeb Bush has suggested in the past that his blunt, outspoken, 90-year-old mother has strong opinions about Donald Trump. “He can spit further than I can”, she said. I don’t think – if you have a sister or a brother you’re probably not the same. “I don’t understand why people are for him, for that reason”.
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