But despite months of predicting the brash billionaire would fade, it’s Jeb Bush whose White House hopes are in peril, particularly if he’s unable to pull out a strong showing in Saturday’s SC primary.
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It’s a drastic shift from the approach he took at the start of his campaign hinting at how precarious his fortunes have become.
And Bush, who in the waning weeks of his campaign sparred relentlessly with GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, reiterated his belief that the presidency is for the humble.
“I don’t think I feel shaken up by the bully”, Bush shot back. Marco Rubio. Rubio gave his best wishes to Bush. Lindsey Graham. He’s trotted out his brother, George W., and his mother Barbara, on the trail.
“I trust Governor Bush to not only implement state-driven education policy but also to keep our families protected from harm and keep national security as a top priority”. “It appears that you do get knocked off centre, as anyone would”. I got depressed just putting the metadata into this piece because all the Jeb(!) moments so far have been things like “Mom walks back initial opposition to Jeb candidacy” and “Jeb begs audience ‘Please clap'”. “You could just see the burden”. “But I am my own man and my views are shaped by my own thinking and own experiences”.
Bush, meanwhile, offered himself as an experienced public executive and potential world statesman informed in part by his father’s and brother’s wartime presidencies.
Jeb Bush speaks during a Long Island Association luncheon with LIA President and CEO Kevin S. Law at the Crest Hollow Country Club on February 24, 2014 in Woodbury, New York.
Bush has gotten slightly partisan in recent days.
Wednesday’s crowd, however, seemed more interested in advising Bush on how to run his campaign. Trump mocked him for switching to contacts from glasses. He’s gained the endorsement of South Carolina Sen.
In forecasting his strategy before entering the race, Bush had said that a successful Republican contender must be willing to “lose the primary to win the general”.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz was in the Lowcountry before coming to Columbia for an event.
We are going to make America great again. “And then we have to have the resources to stay in the game”.
■Hillary Clinton worked to pull out a victory in Nevada’s caucuses on Saturday, seeking to undercut the headway of rival Bernie Sanders and boost her presidential bid as the campaign broadens to primary contests across the country. “Go get ’em!” she told Bush as she squeezed his hand.
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Not only did Bush prove to be gaffe-prone-delivering a series of inartful comments on issues ranging from the Iraq war to Medicare and women’s health-he had a hard time finding and sticking to an overriding message on the stump.
