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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 05:49 PM Oct 2015

Chief Operating Officer Leaves Jeb Bush Campaign

Source: The Wall Street Journal

The highest-ranking official known to lose her job in Jeb Bush’s flagging campaign is Christine Ciccone, the campaign’s chief operating officer.

News of Ms. Ciccone’s departure comes a week after the Bush campaign announced a re-organization that it said would reduce payroll by 40%. Ms. Ciccone served as Mr. Bush’s chief operating officer, effectively an office administrator responsible for logistics.

“We are grateful to have had Christine on the team, we respect her immensely,” Bush spokesman Tim Miller said.

Ms. Ciccone was paid roughly $12,000 a month, the equivalent of a $144,000 annual salary, according to the campaign’s most recent Federal Election Commission filling. Reached by phone Friday, Ms. Ciccone said “I’ve got no comment. I’ve just got to go.”

Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/10/30/chief-operating-officer-leaves-jeb-bush-campaign/

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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
5. Earlier today, David Corn Tweeted the "I'm Not Dead Yet" bit in reference to Jeb
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 05:58 PM
Oct 2015

I'm guessing at some point Jeb will be called to the Kennebunkport compound or to Texas and be told to spend more time with his family.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
10. I'd be willing to bet that he does
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 06:36 PM
Oct 2015

He re-Tweeted the clip from another poster on Twitter, but even so, I think he knows he has support here and probably does check in from time to time. And knowing his sense of humor and point of view, he could also be one of us.

He's a very funny guy. When he's "live Tweeting" during Republican events he's a laugh and a half.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
18. It couldn't hurt
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 06:58 AM
Oct 2015

There's a well-documented history of the benefits to be gained from a good Skittles ass-kicking.

I'd call him out and take him down. Sounds like a plan.



Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
11. I had the same thought when I saw the name
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 06:38 PM
Oct 2015

I really do love the "I just have to leave and don't want to talk about it" thing.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
13. There's not enough alcohol in this kambucha to get me drunk.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 08:47 PM
Oct 2015

But I'll still drink to a toast that the Bush dynasty is hereby coming to a close.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
14. Remarkable how the Bush campaign has simply collapsed.
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 09:03 PM
Oct 2015

I really thought he was going to be the nominee.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
15. I thought he would have a hell of a fight to re-sell the Bush "brand," but...
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 10:05 PM
Oct 2015

...I thought he'd have more staying power and would be something of a force to be reckoned with.

This has to be a major personal embarrassment to Jeb personally on one hand, and the family on another.

Plus, whatever you want to say about Trump, he's using Bush's own Karl Rove / Lee Atwater attacks against Jeb.

With John Kerry, Rove's whole approach was "let's use the war hero thing against him." Lo and behold, the swiftboaters.

With Jeb, I think we all know there was a 9/11 bullhorn moment in there ready to happen and Trump just blew huge, fatal holes in that one before they could get it out of the gates.

I think that if Jeb even hinted at the sensationalized red meat Trump has been waving, he'd still be a contender. In this election cycle, any Republican contender who is NOT "anti-immigration, anti-"Dreamers," "anti-"amnesty" will never make ity past the teabagger wing of the party. Trump used the term "anchor babies" and Bush expressed his disgust at the term. The relative health of the two campaigns today gives us a pretty good look into what the Republicans expect out of the final candidate.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
17. It's the Titanic
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 03:09 AM
Oct 2015

She's standing on the SS Titanic (which has Bush's face on it) and the caption reads "I'm on top of the world."

This stuff writes it's self.

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