[anton]

Jeb is a turd. Even the middle of the GOP is now seeing that.

[Psalm 144]

¿Yeb? lost Noonan? Man, that is like LBJ’s Cronkite moment.

[goldstategop]

A year ago, Jeb famously said he didn’t need or want conservatives to win.

He thought he had the nomination all wrapped up.

A year later, he finds out he overestimated the extent to which he could win the GOP nomination without the support of the conservative base.

People remember how much he didn’t want to even court them and they’ve repaid his contempt for them in kind.

For Jeb’s current travails, he has no one to blame for his plight but himself. It was entirely self-inflicted.

[stratboy]

That’s what Yeb gets for listening to Karl Rove

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Six and nine months ago at various events people would cross the room and ask me, with some urgency, “Can Jeb win the nomination?” They were so hopeful. And they were all Democrats.

This tells you more about Noonan than Jeb. She still travels in Inside-the-Beltway Republicrat circles where they all talk about nonsense like this. She needs to retire.

[nhwingut]

I never followed Jeb’s political career. And so I only had a perception via the RINO media. He was supposed to be articulate, bright, and thoughtful. Yet he’s turned out to be a total doofus. The guy has zero political instincts, and is a horrid public speaker.

W had charisma and swagger. HW was a war hero. Jeb has nothing to fall back on.

Turn out the lights.

[TomGuy]

Jeb must have thought he had the thing in the bag.

Shortly after Daddy lost his reelection to Clinton, Daddy was interviewed. [Many had complained that he didn't even mount a real reelection campaign until just a couple of weeks before the election.] The reporter asked he about his low-key reelection campaign.

Daddy responded that he was the incumbent and thought, because of that, he had the election in the bag. He didn't see the need for much campaigning.

==

Jeb seemed to have thought the same -- that the nomination was his by default. Even the money-men were lined up.

Then, Jeb got 'trumped'. Now, he seems to have even fallen out of favor from the GOPElites and money-men. He may even be struggling to get a seat at the adult table in the next debate.

[TBP]

But it’s his turn!

[Mastador1]

His appeal has remained limited to the Republican donor class

Jeb is about as appealing as opening your front door to find a burning bag of dog crap, and his ideas emit a similar odor.

[Oatka]

In addition, Peggy Noonan is the queen of not telling us what she really thinks until she considers it politic to do so.

Accurate paragraph.

[Zathras]

Peggy NoBrain has finally reached the right conclusion.
She will now start backing another GOP-e looser.

[stocksthatgoup]

Do any conservatives support Peggy Noonan?