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Associated PressNovember 6, 2015

There’s been a little more shouting this week from Jeb Bush, and a little more salty language, too, as the Republican candidate for president tries to reboot a campaign that’s fallen from front-running to middle of the pack. But what hasn’t changed is the message. And, Bush says, it won’t. In an interview with The […]

Peter SchorschNovember 5, 2015

For anyone who appreciates presidential politics, it would be a fool’s errand to write off Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign. In a new email update from Right to Rise PAC – providing exclusive information from the campaign trail – the former Florida governor is far from finished, despite “lagging national polls” and receiving less airtime than […]

Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2015

Mike Murphy says there is a “cynicism” behind the Marco Rubio campaign that he predicts will ultimately doom the Florida U.S. senator’s presidential candidacy. “It’s cynical to run as the creature of new, fresh, while it’s all secret dark money,” Murphy tells reporter Sasha Issenberg in the second part of a lengthy interview in Bloomberg Politics posted Wednesday. Murphy, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 15, 2015

Jeb Bush’s campaign announced on Thursday that the GOP candidate raised $13.4 million in the past three months. That’s more than double the $6 million that fellow South Florida presidential candidate Marco Rubio raised in the third-quarter. However, the Rubio camp is touting the fact their man currently has $11 million cash-on-hand. Bush has $10.3 million. […]

Associated PressOctober 12, 2015

Hundreds of donors to Jeb Bush‘s presidential campaign will gather later this month in Houston. They’ll shake hands with a pair of former presidents, and high-profile lieutenants of the former Florida governor will push them to write generous checks. This weekend in Las Vegas, dozens of donors met up with Marco Rubio. They ate fast-food […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 28, 2015

Republican Jeb Bush will be hitting New Hampshire airwaves hard in January and February ahead of the first-in-the nation primary. According to the Boston Globe’s Ground Game, the former Florida governor has placed a $4.6 million New Hampshire ad buy on Monday, reserving time in the first two months of 2016. They are the most […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 15, 2015

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One of the reasons why many people thought that Jeb Bush would be the man to beat for the Republican nomination for president was his ability to raise a lot of money from the donors class. Early on in his campaign, advisers talked about a “shock and awe” fundraising strategy that would blow away virtually […]

Phil AmmannAugust 29, 2015

Iowa football fans will be some of the first to experience an initial advertising blitz for Jeb Bush, as a pro-Bush super PAC placed a seven-figure airtime buy for the last quarter of 2015. Right to Rise USA is spending $1.66 million for TV time in Iowa – which holds the nation’s first presidential caucuses — set […]

Associated PressAugust 19, 2015

Jeb Bush‘s fundraising network is two generations in the making, and it shows. About half of the nearly $120 million raised to help him win the Republican presidential nomination comes from donors who previously gave to his brother or father, both former presidents, according to a new analysis of Federal Election Commission records by Crowdpac.com, […]

Guest AuthorAugust 6, 2015

Usually, Republicans get a pat on the back for just being brave enough to speak at a black organization’s annual meeting or conference. So we must give Jeb Bush the obligatory props for deigning to speak to an overwhelmingly black crowd at the National Urban League recently. Unlike former GOP presidential nominee and Massachusetts Gov. […]

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Chris Timmons: Thanks for the visit, Jeb. Now go home