In meetings with donors and allies, Bush’s top aides have pointed to what they describe as a trove of research on Rubio that they could unleash.
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For more on the 2016 USA presidential race and to learn about the undecided voters who determine elections, visit the Reuters website. But when it comes down to the campaign, both are Spanish-speaking Republicans from Florida with establishment appeal, and that’s enough to pit the former mentor and mentee against one another.
But after his break-out performance in the last Republican debate, another strong debate performance could change that. He has said that in order for any immigration bill to pass through Congress, it needs to pass more stringent border-security measures, including increased border security agents, drones, and cameras.
The video, entitled “Before The Phony Attacks”, includes a 2012 clip of Bush saying Rubio has “the fortitude to be a good president” in an interview with television host Charlie Rose.
In case you were wondering, if Jeb Bush were given the power of time travel and ended up seeing Adolf Hitler while the latter was still in infancy, Jeb Bush would not have a second thought about snuffing out the future dictator and mass murderer.
Rubio will walk onto the stage with a few momentum following a strong performance in the most recent debate.
A feisty Jeb Bush sought to regain his footing in Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, challenging President Barack Obama’s economic record and criticizing Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton for pledging to build on his policies.
Who would NOT kill Hitler before he could wipe out millions of Jewish people?
His campaign manager, Barry Bennett, said Carson was prepared to be far more aggressive in the debate than he has been in the past and is “a lot more fired up” after facing several days of questions about his past. “If Jeb is not the nominee, they want to see Marco do well”. Chief among those is casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, who supported Newt Gingrich’s 2012 bid with a massive infusion of cash into the political action committee backing the former House of Representatives speaker. “In fact, I think that law already exists”.
Such committees can spend millions on ads defending a candidate and attacking his rivals.
According to Florida Politics, Bush is looking to engage the debate on his own terms and will take a more aggressive persona and stances.
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Nearly as soon as the NYT story dropped the Rubio campaign launched a new spot showing his mentor Bush praising the junior senator from the state of Florida.
