Posted on 02/02/2016 6:17:16 AM PST by jimbo123
Campaign instructs aides to argue Bush has greater potential in New Hampshire.
The bar was low for Jeb Bush's finish in Monday's Iowa caucus. He failed to clear it anyway.
After a blowout defeat that landed him in sixth place with just 2.8 percent of the vote, Bush's campaign is now directing top aides and surrogates to highlight the lack of emphasis the one-time front-runner placed on the state – and to make the case that he has far higher expectations in New Hampshire.
"The real race for the nomination begins on February 9th in New Hampshire," the campaign wrote in a "talking points" memo sent to advisers and high-profile supporters. "It will set the race going forward and today, Jeb Bush is in a very strong position in the state."
It goes on to add: "The Jeb 2016 campaign has never made Iowa a centerpiece to winning the nomination. We have long viewed Iowa as just one of 56 contests, electing 30 delegates out of 2,472 going to the Convention to select our nominee."
Surrogates are then reminded that in November a "strategic decision" was made to "shift resources away from Iowa." Bush's time in Iowa, it notes, was "significantly scaled back." In December and January, it says, Bush "went 40 days without visiting Iowa."
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according to one report when Jeb’s name was mentioned it was met with laughter.
Ha!
For 59 million in super pac money. I imagine Rove is not happy.
Now go home and get your shinebox, Jeb.
“you’ll shoot yer eye out, kid!”
Apart from the effect of “Bush fatigue,” Jeb just comes across as whiny and defensive. He does not come across as a veteran politician and former effective governor, but as a bumbling newcomer.
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