Nearly half of that spending-$11.6 million-has come from Right to Rise USA, the super-PAC backing former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, according to data from Kantar Media’s CMAG, which tracks political ads on broadcast TV and national cable.
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Jeb Bush says if he is elected president he won’t blame Barack Obama for any of his problems.
Jeb Bush has struggled with how much to embrace his family in the race, as his brother and father remain deeply unpopular with segments of the GOP base as well as the general population.
“Everyone loves Barbara”, she said.
Kasich isn’t the one to do it, said Bush surrogate Will Weatherford, a former Florida House speaker who campaigned with Bush in New Hampshire. Beyond that, the hard right of the party no longer trusts the Bushes of the world, now seen as RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) who have consistently betrayed core conservative principles. The Bush family has been generations of servants. I’m Jeb Bush, I’m running for president, and I approve this message because I’m ready to lead.
“Look, I’m a Bush and I’m proud – let’s get that out of the way real quick”, he said. My dad is the greatest man I’ve ever met, and the greatest man alive.
Referring to a Saturday night debate in which New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ripped him for delivering the same talking point about President Barack Obama four times, Rubio told his supporters Tuesday, “I want you to understand something”. George H.W. Bush was both a ME aristocrat and a Texas oilman, his eldest son George a Sunbelt capitalist and a born-again Christian. None of it particularly worked, especially in a campaign cycle where voters are going for insurgent candidates like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on the Republican side and Bernie Sanders for the Democrats.
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This is not the first time that Bush has lent his services to his brother’s campaign. While those groups aren’t allowed to coordinate with the candidates, they’re free to spend unlimited amounts on ads.
