“It’s hard for me, as a human being, to sign the death warrant, to be honest with you”, Bush said in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press.
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When Jeb Bush became governor of Florida in 1999, there were a couple of observations that stood out to him: the bathroom door at the governor’s mansion was tiny, and people started listening to every word he said. “When the people of this country get to know the Jeb Bush that I know, they will have no doubt that he is the right choice to become the next President of the United States”.
Bush promised that in subsequent debates, “If someone asks me about fantasy football next time – which was kind of freakish -…I’ll talk about the people I’ve met that are really anxious that they have declining income”. “I’m informed by my faith in many things, and this is one of them”. Marco Rubio, who is about 30 years shy of Jeb Bush’s experience.
As we’ve stated, FL Senator Marco Rubio is the neoconservative horse in the Republican race.
“I didn’t see it”, Bush said.
If a few look forward to at least a high-energy exchange between Bush and Trump, who has spent the last 36 hours re-goading Bush about getting counseling from his mommy and daddy, I’m a bit nervous.
On Saturday, Bush again mentioned Rubio’s Senate attendance, with an Iowa twist: “If you’re elected to serve, you should do what Chuck Grassley does: You should show up to vote”, Bush said, referring to Iowa’s senior senator.
“It struck me that Bush is grasping a bit”, said Joe Earle, a Baptist pastor in Harlan and Rubio supporter.
Rekha Basu is a columnist for the Des Moines Register.
Bush’s own fundraising has already stuttered to the point where he recently had to lay off hundreds of staffers and slash spending by 40 per cent. Now there’s a risk his donors will defect to Rubio.
Early on, Mr. Bush was so eager to avoid any association with his brother that he adopted a slogan – “Jeb!” – that omitted his last name altogether.
RUBIO: “He was a big part of me. I have enough self-awareness to know that”. I said that at the debate. While he admitted they hadn’t found an activist in all 1,700 precincts in the state, noting a weakness in rural Chickasaw County in northeastern Iowa, McLinden said Bush was covered in major metropolitan areas and major precincts.
As for Rubio, Trump said he wouldn’t win election because he is “weak on illegal immigration, strong on amnesty and has the appearance to killers of the world as a ‘lightweight'”.
Jeb Bush is a nice guy and a serious guy, who once was a very able politician. “I don’t want them running around with a sword”. Indeed, if either or both men tank on the polls or fold under pressure, it is a relative certainty that the rivalry between former friends Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush will take on an even nastier tone as the time for America to chose a new president draws near.
It turns out that since 2008, almost all senators who run for president just aren’t making it to floor votes – Democrats and Republicans alike.
He also acknowledged that he has to get better as the debate season continues.
Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich probably are the two Republicans who keep Clinton’s campaign team awake at night. You’re the political editor.
In short: It takes a LOT of stellar 300-person events to make up for one less-than-great debate performance.
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What bothers me is his estrangement from syntax.
