The more we see from Jeb the more you have to agree with Rachel Maddow-he's not a very good presidential candidate.
"Jeb has a low pilot light. The other day in the Koch seminar he started his Q&A with Politico’s Mike Allen in a shrugging, sluggish way, as if he were surprised to be answering questions. He seems to me embarrassed by his ambition, as if for 40 years he’d understood himself to be the singular Bush but now here he is, running for president like everyone else. Mr. Cruz, who had spoken before Mr. Bush, stayed to listen. Have you ever seen the look a cat gets in the second before he moves on the mouse? That look of full, predatory concentration? That was the look Mr. Cruz had as he watched."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/fireworks-at-the-republican-debate-1438921640
Yes. He always looks that way-surprised to be answering questions. Off balance somehow, flatfooted.
Even her low pilot light comment recalls Trump's claim that Jeb is low energy.
But it's shocking how poorly Jeb is doing in this polls. Seriously, as the presumptive favorite you can't compare him to Romney 2012 who was a much stronger candidate from day one.
In South Carolina he has 9 percent while Trump has 30 percent-and Ben Carson has 15 percent. Rubio has 6 percent and Scott Walker has 4 percent. Jeb is getting creamed and overall the establishment Republicans are getting creamed.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/poll-donald-trump-south-carolina-121716.html?hp=l3_4
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-rachel-maddow-theory-of-jeb-bushs.html
Unless anyone thinks that his explanation for what makes anchor babies a good turn of phrase inspired.
http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/08/jeb-bush-anchor-babies-are-asian.html
As Trump says, Jeb! is ashamed of his last name and he should be.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/donald-trump-megyn-kelly-twitter-tirade-121707.html?hp=l2_4
But I think that Peggy Noonan still has the best description of Jeb out on the campaign trail: he always looks surprised to be answering questions.
"Jeb has a low pilot light. The other day in the Koch seminar he started his Q&A with Politico’s Mike Allen in a shrugging, sluggish way, as if he were surprised to be answering questions. He seems to me embarrassed by his ambition, as if for 40 years he’d understood himself to be the singular Bush but now here he is, running for president like everyone else. Mr. Cruz, who had spoken before Mr. Bush, stayed to listen. Have you ever seen the look a cat gets in the second before he moves on the mouse? That look of full, predatory concentration? That was the look Mr. Cruz had as he watched."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/fireworks-at-the-republican-debate-1438921640
Yes. He always looks that way-surprised to be answering questions. Off balance somehow, flatfooted.
Even her low pilot light comment recalls Trump's claim that Jeb is low energy.
But it's shocking how poorly Jeb is doing in this polls. Seriously, as the presumptive favorite you can't compare him to Romney 2012 who was a much stronger candidate from day one.
In South Carolina he has 9 percent while Trump has 30 percent-and Ben Carson has 15 percent. Rubio has 6 percent and Scott Walker has 4 percent. Jeb is getting creamed and overall the establishment Republicans are getting creamed.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/poll-donald-trump-south-carolina-121716.html?hp=l3_4
This really is shaping up as coming full circle for the GOP back to 1964.. I know the assumption is that the establishment will wrest back control but when exactly?
UPDATE: Those who wanted to dismiss Trump-first and foremost Lawrence O'Donnell-have grabbed onto Trump's high unfavorability. Well how then does he explain this?
"Trump received a solid favorability rating of 58 percent to just 28 percent unfavorable, though Carson drew the highest at 72 percent to 9 percent. Rubio (+43 points), Fiorina (+40 points), Huckabee (+30 points) and Walker (+33 points) also drew net positive favorability marks."
"Five candidates have net negative approval ratings, including South Carolina’s own Sen. Lindsey Graham (-15 points), Christie (-8 points), Paul (-13 points), former New York Gov. George Pataki (-24 points) and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore (-17 points)."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/poll-donald-trump-south-carolina-121716.html#ixzz3jq9Ts2Qi
UPDATE: Those who wanted to dismiss Trump-first and foremost Lawrence O'Donnell-have grabbed onto Trump's high unfavorability. Well how then does he explain this?
"Trump received a solid favorability rating of 58 percent to just 28 percent unfavorable, though Carson drew the highest at 72 percent to 9 percent. Rubio (+43 points), Fiorina (+40 points), Huckabee (+30 points) and Walker (+33 points) also drew net positive favorability marks."
"Five candidates have net negative approval ratings, including South Carolina’s own Sen. Lindsey Graham (-15 points), Christie (-8 points), Paul (-13 points), former New York Gov. George Pataki (-24 points) and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore (-17 points)."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/poll-donald-trump-south-carolina-121716.html#ixzz3jq9Ts2Qi
That last paragraph is the unkindest cut of all: Lindsay Graham is -15 in his own state.
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