Pro-Jeb Bush Super PAC makes $24M ad buy

“Well I do mean it, to a large extent”, Trump said. How convenient it must be to have no knowledge of the fact that more Americans were killed by terrorists on USA soil during George W. Bush’s administration than under any other.

“We’re moving beyond the earned media phase into more of an air wave where Bush’s money advantage can now begin to make a difference in the early state contests”, Republican strategist Kevin Madden said, according to CNN.

Jeb Bush’s new political ad rips Donald Trump and gushes about the bright future of America – but incredibly, the spot uses footage shot Asia and the United Kingdom, Politico reports. His dip to single digits was matched only by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, whose support tumbled from 10 percent to just 2 percent. Yes, you read that correctly: Both polls have Trump ahead of the combined total of Florida’s two native sons.

Murphy said the messages in the ad were driven by internal polling that showed while voters in early primary states knew who Bush was, they didn’t know much about his record as governor. Trump’s 56/35 favorability rating comes in a tick ahead of Bush’s 55/36 favorability.

The ad in question – produced by the former Florida governor’s super PAC “Right to Rise” – trashes Bush’s nemesis Donald Trump with ominous clips of the billionaire developer and says he’s in a “very dark place”. It was one of his top moments of the night. You may be seeing that in the “keep running” numbers here. You remember the firefighter with his arms around him?

“Yes you did”, Bush quipped, as the two continued to argue.

But all anyone wants to talk about is how Bush failed to best Trump in a showdown of alpha male dominance. It seems possible that Trump’s effort to telegraph animal dominance is also what drives him to feign reconciliation by complimenting women as “beautiful”, as he did to Jeb’s wife and to Carly Fiorina, who seethed as he did so. That is to say, although Jeb pulls the smallest share of Latinos among the three candidates, he also holds Hillary to her smallest share, leading to a deficit of just 13 points.

Trump, for his part, would not budge. I like that.” Trump might as well have cracked: “Took your Viagra this time, eh, wuss?