Top Republican billionaire Paul Singer to endorse Marco Rubio
The reason Jeb Bush isn’t a former two-term president is that he made lots of mistakes in 1994.
Despite his challenges, there is no sign that Bush is close to abandoning his campaign. “I don’t ever remember you complaining about John McCain’s record”, Rubio told Bush.
Bush’s trip to Geno’s was something of a homecoming.
The Bush family has visited this lunch spot for years; a picture of Barbara Bush even hangs behind the counter.
As part of the “Jeb Can Fix It” tour, Bush is visiting Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville on Monday to tout his accomplishments as Florida governor from 1999 to 2007.
The announcement by Singer, came on the same day that a major pro-Rubio super PAC, Conservative Solutions PAC, announced that they would be ramping up their efforts, including a new TV ad, to ” bring Marco’s optimistic conservative to as many voters as possible”. Judd Gregg and the president of the New Hampshire state senate. We don’t see a path to more recent balances; a footnote to the Times chart says most of these groups aren’t required to file an updated report until January 31, 2016. It’s not about performance.
“Our work is done”, Bush said.
The presentation also presents a look into the campaign’s Iowa strategy and reveals how far away from their goals Bush is. “[The campaign] is not on life support, we have the most money, we have the greatest organization”. There, he drew more than 200 people to a town hall meeting. I think he really showed, especially in the last debate, how strong he is and how much he can fight, and I think that his background is incredible, and I think that the whole package combined… “Rubio is an outstanding performer”, said Bush campaign manager Danny Diaz. “As one Republican operative told NBC’s Peter Alexander, Bush had to demonstrate to his supporters and donors – after a rough last few weeks – that the former Florida governor could land a punch, particularly after telegraphing to the political world that it was coming”.
“I get a lot of advice these days. Well, the jerk store called and they’re running out of you”. If you don’t want it, you’re not going to do a good job.
ROGERS: Bush’s trip to Geno’s was something of a homecoming. Young, articulate and smart as a whip, he always seemed the most likely to break out of the pack, and finally did: destroying Jeb Bush over his Senate voting record and accusing the media of playing favorites with Hillary.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Yes, you did. A picture of Barbara Bush even hangs behind the counter.
That prompted Bush staff to dedicate a page in the document to that anonymous quote, with a simple message: no more trash-talking in the press. The candidate himself spoke only briefly.
It slams Rubio for his lack of experience, accomplishments and for his “tomorrow versus yesterday argument”, which the campaign alleges will be ridiculed if he runs against the first would-be woman president.
When Bush was confronted with an issue he wasn’t perfectly prepared for, his instinct was to go for the standard issue big government answer: regulation. It’s about leadership, and the leader today in this country needs to be a unifier.