Jeb Bush to unimpressed New Hampshire crowd: ‘Please clap’

Bush told voters what he called “the Florida story:” that as governor, he cut taxes every year, made it possible to fire underperforming state employees and balanced the state’s budget.

The Feb. 9 New Hampshire primary provides something of a last stand for Bush, who finished a distant sixth in Iowa and has performed poorly in polls for months.

Jeb Bush and his allies spent more than $14 million on ads in Iowa but failed to break 3 percent of the vote total on Monday night – a setback for a campaign already struggling with diminished expectations and anemic support.

“Iowa was not Jeb Bush’s main message”.

Kasich has staked his presidential hopes on New Hampshire.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he will try to persuade some of Kentucky Sen. By contrast, the candidate spent about 18 times more than the GOP victor in Iowa, Ted Cruz, and 34 times as much as Donald Trump, who came in second place.

Donald Trump long ago turned Jeb Bush into a “low-energy” punchline.

After an event in Bow, N.H. Wednesday, Rubio said he and his now-former rival have “had some policy disagreements”, especially on national security issues.

Rand Paul is dropping out of the 2016 race for president.

And if Bush fails to break through in New Hampshire? Like Chuck Grassley, he’s doing a lot of that, without endorsing anyone – but without question, Branstad’s brand of Republicanism is a lot closer to Jeb’s than to that of the two candidates likely to finish at the top tonight. “But I think it’s time for us to recognize that, maybe, what we need is someone who can lead, someone who has a proven record”. At least, that’s what one high level Bush supporter, Lindsey Graham, said today in New Hampshire. Numerous audience members were New Hampshire residents, but a few college students attended as well.