Jeb Bush Plays Down Speculation That His Campaign Is Doomed
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Source: Huffingtonpost
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Saturday brushed off speculation that his presidential campaign was struggling, and ... a day after his campaign announced it was cutting payroll and budget by 40 and 45 percent, respectively, Bush said that he was simply making an "adjustment."
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After an anonymous donor told The Washington Post that Bush's campaign had entered a "death spiral," the former Florida governor said that reports of his campaign's struggling were ... "Blah, blah, blah," he said. "That's my answer -- blah, blah, blah."
While Bush said on Saturday that his October polling was of little concern because the party would select its nominee in February and March, once caucuses and primaries began, he also sounded like a man who had had enough -- fed up with the constant attacks on his stamina by the reality TV star stomping him in the polls, and ready to let the voters make a bad decision if they wanted to.
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Bush, who was considered a front-runner for the Republican nomination when he announced his candidacy in June, has experienced a slide in the polls recently. According to HuffPost Pollster, he has the support of 7.3 percent of likely Republican primary voters nationally, trailing Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.). He's also not faring well in Iowa, where he only has the support of 5.2 percent of likely caucusgoers. In New Hampshire, Bush has the support of 8 percent of likely GOP primary voters, trailing Trump, Carson, Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
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Jeb's epic fail will surpass Connally and Baker in 1980, Gramm in 1996, Lieberman in 2004, and Giuliani in 2008.
Even Predictwise, which remained bullish on Bush after his polling collapsed, is dropping his shares:
His polling has fallen much worse (Predictwise is more robust than Bush's polling because it accounts for his huge fundraising (which he's misspent) and many (apparently useless) endorsements:
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Thanks for the observation. Someone else said, "Truth is stranger than fiction.." 
I look forward to his campaigns demise. 
singlehandedly turned Florida around to become the greatest state in the Union. 
I have no doubt that he was a terrible governor, but just curious to hear your perspective as a Florida resident, exactly what things would you mention when describing what a terrible governor he was? Just want to know if I am ever watching that commercial w/ a republican.
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for the establishment in their fight to retain control against the base who they have been lying to for decades and who have -- consequently -- soured on candidates with any tie to the establishment that has repeatedly betrayed them by over-promising and under-delivering (or -- more accurately -- not even trying to deliver or failing on the rare occasion when they bother to phone in a weak delivery effort).
Predictwise reflects the fact that an establishment candidate always wins the Republican nomination (or has done so for as long as anyone can remember), and Walker and Perry are done while Bush and Kasich are failing (Rubio is their last guy standing):
Rubio's polling isn't great but at least the trend is not an epic fail:
Cruz is not better liked by the Republican establishment than Trump or Carson.
