All the talk after this last debate is that Jeb! Bush’s campaign is now swirling the drain. The Great Establishment Hope came into this being the inevitable candidate and was supposed to sweep all away vestige of competition off the Yellow Brick Road (and which with his, his brother’s, and his Dad’s donors, should be the owner of) with all of the money in his war chest. Hasn’t worked out all that well, has it, with plunging poll numbers. He must be muttering like Lindsay Graham: “How can I be losing to these nitwits”? Well, was Judd Gregg listening to the last two debates?
And what Jeb’s campaign thinks about Republican voters?
Not only has he had to cut staff and coverage as the donors are trying up, his performances have been weak at best and watching (and tweeting) during Wednesday’s debate, I just kept cringing – and so did his donors afterwards:
“Marco is a [expletive] Jedi Master,” the reportedly “distraught” Florida donor told Politico. “Hopefully these idiots learn not to [expletive] with him anymore. Not necessary.”
Added another Florida Bush donor: “[Bush] got crushed.”
Yeah, that first one stems from Marco handing the moderator his head to him a la Sleepy Hollow when asked about missing so many votes in the Senate while campaigning for President by enumerating how CNBC and the lamestream media had failed to open their collective pie holes about similar Democrat Prez Wannabees missing the same or more votes. Double Standard Humble Pie served scorchingly hot and searing.
And then Jeb! voluntarily stepped onto the same plate (as hot as what you’d find at a Ruth;s Chris Steak House – 500 degrees) just served up by Rubio and committed another act of micro-seppuku by trying the exact. same. line. of. attack. Hook. Line. And. Sinker. Man, talking about putting one’s head on the political chopping block!
And then the fantasy football gaffe showing his true nature – “Please sir, may I have another”? Yeah, bragged about his 7-0 record and THEN, in front of a red-meat ready Republican crowd of a 1,000 decided “Yes Folks, we need even MORE regulation in this marketplace. Because: GOVERNMENT!”
And then Christie absolutely unloaded on Jeb! for that answer – and I have to hand it to Christie for bringing up the banality of the answer but also of the question given all of the REAL and YUUGE issues on the burners today (and most of them are burning).
No, it was sadder than the first one and now the conservative blogosphere is already doing the “3…2….1” countdown.
Look, if they actually ran the debates like we here at the ‘Grok try to ask good meaningful questions at events and on GrokTALK!, we’d actually get something out of the debates. We know what’s important – not only the issues but the foundations on which our representatives should be standing and the spines of titanium that are required nowadays so that we’d never have to worry about their votes. But these two debates are showing that there are a raft full of folks not making it on the R side of the campaign – either not exciting a base or showing they’re not ready for the Big Show.
Unfortunately, while being a nice guy, his poor performances are showing he’s not ready to hold the heat and smile. Others are stealing his bacon.
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