Jeb Bush calls Trump’s 9/11 comments ‘pathetic’

But when general election funds are subtracted, Rubio has $9.78 million cash to spend in the Republican primary with Bush holding slightly more at $10 million.

It is not that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and his one-time protege, U.S. Sen. The leading establishment candidates in either party – Jeb Bush, Clinton and Rubio – have been getting most of their campaign money from bigger donors.

“They are both known entities with familiarity of the marketplace”, Richard Hunt, head of the Consumer Bankers Association, said of Bush and Clinton. “It’s a vitally important state to us”.

The former Florida governor is reportedly cut back on the use of more extravagant private planes in favor of commercial flights to travel to fundraisers and campaign events after fundraising slowed down this quarter. And Bernie Sanders spent nearly $600 at Mattress Center. Marco Rubio are effectively in the same fundraising position according to their third-quarter filings-a not-great one-but neither of them want you to focus on that.

This particular fight is one that is long-standing between the two rivals. But he gave $33,400 to the Republican National Committee – the maximum allowable per calendar year – in April, and another $33,400 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee in June: Political Money Line. But his campaign said the exposure generated by Tuesday’s debate would be a turning point.

In the Twitter war over this, Bush may have the last word.

Trump started to call Bush and Rubio’s friendship into question late last month in a speech in South Carolina, where he said it was disloyal of Rubio to run against Bush and said the two “hate each other”.

Bush is seen as a moderate in the crowded Republican field where 14 candidates are competing for the nomination. “He was president at the time…Blame him or don’t blame him, but he was president”.

Former technology executive Carly Fiorina, who has never held elected office, raised $6.8 million for her campaign – four times as much as she collected at the start of her campaign.

In contrast, 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney raised almost $US375,000 in the third quarter of 2011 from the same 11 firms. “He kept us safe”, Mr Bush replied.

Of the top 10 employers listed by Mr Bush’s donors, half are financial firms: Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Neuberger Berman and Barclays, where Mr Bush previously worked as a consultant making about $US2 million ($2.7m) a year.

Rubio’s ethnicity alone isn’t enough to win votes, says Princeton professor Ali Valenzuela. From the beginning, he concentrated on building a full-service, front-runner campaign.

Trump, however, stood by his comments. The campaign said the average contribution was $50.

By the numbers, Kentucky Sen.

Bush’s knocks on Trump Friday come after he reported raising $13.3 million in the fundraising quarter that ended September 30.

In an interview Thursday on CNN, Paul said he had no intentions of quitting the race.

While many initially doubted Rubio could survive with Bush in the race, a growing number of people now feel the opposite. In the second quarter, Rubio spent another $1,000 on Uber rides.