So, now it’s Jeb’s turn to experience the joys of panicking sugar daddies who want to see a return on their investment beyond a 7% rating in the polls.
He’s got enough money (and the connections to raise more) that he can tough this out longer than Scott Walker, but this isn’t the kind of press his campaign wants to see.
I learned from watching John McCain’s campaign come back from the dead, so I’m not going to pronounce Jeb’s campaign…
…but it is definitely a very sick campaign. Very sick.
And they’re worrying about Rubio when I think they should be more worried about Kasich.
I don’t doubt that some Establishment types are ready to flee to Rubio, but these are the same people who thought Jeb was a cinch.
What part of Donald Trump’s success or John Boehner’s demise makes these folks think that the Republican base wants a pro-amnesty U.S. Senator of Cuban descent as their standard bearer?
Am I crazy?
We have a full-on white nationalist freak-out revolt on our hands and they’re worried about Rubio?
First, look at the fact that the Republicans’ top three choices now, who collectively have the support of over 50% of likely voters, are not members of Congress or even sitting or former governors. These folks hate Congress, hate the Republican leadership, hate the Republican establishment, and, above all, hate racial minorities.
Now, assuming that some basic desire to win at some point takes hold of these folks, I have to assume that they’d prefer a governor to a senator if only because a governor has nothing directly to do with Boehner or McConnell or any Bushes or Washington DC.
But Christie ain’t gonna work and Walker is already gone.
Kasich is going to seem a whole lot more electable than Trump, Carson, or Fiorina.
Now, Ted Cruz is a special case because although he’s a senator he’s a conservative purist who fits their mood. But he’s the most transparently unelectable of all the candidates, and at the end of the day he’s a racial minority, too.
I think you can make a case that Rubio is the strongest candidate among the senators, but Kasich just fits better as a consensus choice who doesn’t offend too many people and that all sides can basically live with.
I could see a Kasich/Rubio ticket, or vice-versa, I guess. That’s as good as the Establishment can possibly hope to do, I think.
I think Jeb can outlast these punks, maybe, but he’s an obvious dud. He doesn’t have it.
So, I’m not surprised that his donors are starting to lose their shit.