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Attorney in Texas

(3,373 posts)
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 11:36 PM Sep 2015

Jeb Bush, sinking in the polls, goes on the attack against Trump

Source: Fortune

The former frontrunner is abandoning his hands-off approach toward Trump — a perilous if necessary change in tactics.... That’s the unmistakable takeaway from a one-two punch the faltering former Republican frontrunner launched Tuesday against the contender who’s displaced him.

First, the Bush campaign released an 80-second online video that used old footage of Trump to call attention to his history of conservative apostasies. A succession of clips shows Trump describing himself as “very pro-choice,” a fan of single-payer healthcare, higher taxes on the rich and President Obama’s stimulus package, and a Hillary Clinton supporter. “I’ve lived in New York City in Manhattan all my life, so, you know, my views are a little bit different than if I lived in Iowa,” Trump says in a snippet from a 1999 Meet the Press interview that the Bush campaign uses both to open and close the ad..... “He attacks me every day. He attacks me every day with barbarities,” Bush said, according to a Washington Post report that translated his comments. “They’re not true. What we did today was to put out in his words to show that he’s not conservative. He supports people like Nancy Pelosi. He’s given money to Hillary Clinton. He was a Democrat longer than Republican. He’s said that he’s more comfortable being a Democrat. He doesn’t have a record, because he hasn’t been a person who has served like me, who served for eight years as governor. He’s not a conservative. That’s my point.”...

Bush’s newly aggressive tack comes as polls show him lagging considerably behind the billionaire developer — both nationally and in the early proving grounds of Iowa and New Hampshire. And it marks a sharp strategic reversal. Less than two months ago, Bush swore off even discussing Trump, dismissing him as an unserious candidate and a distraction from the real contest. Several weeks later, as Trump has consolidated his lead and proved it more durable than the competition could have imagined, Bush no longer appears to have the luxury of a pay-no-mind attitude.

Read more: http://fortune.com/2015/09/01/sinking-jeb-attacks-trump/



We have seen how well this tactic has worked for other candidates:

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Jeb Bush, sinking in the polls, goes on the attack against Trump (Original Post) Attorney in Texas Sep 2015 OP
This will be entertaining. n/t Roy Rolling Sep 2015 #1
Yes he did, but Trumpshot a video back at the Jebster that will make him sink deeper! napi21 Sep 2015 #2
Trump will NOT be the nominee. RandySF Sep 2015 #3
Hard to believe since neither one is above single digits in recent polls. Ford_Prefect Sep 2015 #5
Reminds me of this: beac Sep 2015 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #6
+1 C Moon Sep 2015 #7
He has no choice thebighobgoblin Sep 2015 #8
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #10
Playing "dirty" always has been a successful strategy vinny9698 Sep 2015 #11
JEB!!! The phony milquetoast...... wolfie001 Sep 2015 #9
Under the old GOP "rules", it was Bush's turn to run vinny9698 Sep 2015 #12
Actually, under the old GOP rules, it was SANTORUM's turn to run... brooklynite Sep 2015 #13

napi21

(45,806 posts)
2. Yes he did, but Trumpshot a video back at the Jebster that will make him sink deeper!
Tue Sep 1, 2015, 11:42 PM
Sep 2015

Jebster tried to make Trump look like a Dem but in Trumps rebuttal video he showed Jeb praising Hillary & Bill and how friendly the Bushies are with the Clintons. He even threw in a clip of a reporter asking Shrub what that makes Hillary, and his response.. "My sister-in-law!" I don't think Jebster won this one.

Ford_Prefect

(7,827 posts)
5. Hard to believe since neither one is above single digits in recent polls.
Wed Sep 2, 2015, 12:17 AM
Sep 2015

Even if Trump drops out (for reasons unknown at this time) both are still well behind in national polls.

We've already had the insufferably lame McCain/Palin duet, so we know it is possible for the GOP to punt and do so badly. They are so divided ATM it is difficult to see them as running a serious national campaign. I don't doubt they will try to but the odds are rather long at present. I have no doubt their congressional programs will be more focused and effective, sadly.

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thebighobgoblin

(179 posts)
8. He has no choice
Wed Sep 2, 2015, 06:21 AM
Sep 2015

The other idiots in his party won't get out of the way, and he's just getting lost in the crowd. I think Bush will benefit from going on the offensive, if for no other reason than that people will actually know he's in the campaign. Bush's main problem is a lack of visibility. Never underestimate the capacity of the Bush clan to play dirty.

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vinny9698

(1,016 posts)
11. Playing "dirty" always has been a successful strategy
Wed Sep 2, 2015, 11:49 AM
Sep 2015

If you follow political history, you know that playing dirty has always been around.

vinny9698

(1,016 posts)
12. Under the old GOP "rules", it was Bush's turn to run
Wed Sep 2, 2015, 12:14 PM
Sep 2015

The GOP had a tradition of having people wait in line to run. Now with the establishment GOP losing it political might, it is everyone for themselves. The pecking order has been dissolved. One rich donor can fund a candidate regardless of polls or establishment politics.
Makes for a more interesting campaign.

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