# Jeb Bush campaign for POTUS thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 16, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672 "2015-06-16T13:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/541 "2016-02-19T02:05:50Z")
Great news if true. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/542 "2016-02-19T02:37:03Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > Despite people here saying many times that Jeb has plenty of money, Red State [is reporting](http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/02/18/breaking.-bush-campaign-broke-stop-paying-staff-saturday/) he’s basically broke. the advert on that page that I’m getting is: > [@](#): > > Debt Assistance Program > Canadian Government Helps Eliminate 80% Of Your CC Debts, Apply Now! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/543 "2016-02-19T02:46:46Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > Despite people here saying many times that Jeb has plenty of money, Red State [is reporting](http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/02/18/breaking.-bush-campaign-broke-stop-paying-staff-saturday/) he’s basically broke. > [@adaher](#): > > Great news if true. Agreed. The sooner the “establishment lane” thins the herd the better. Both for the Rs and for the nation. Doesn’t much matter how the thinning happens as long as it’s soon. Although I for one am about ready to retire the term “establishment lane” and replace it with “establishment sidewalk”. Meantime the “radical lane” is being upgraded to a “radical highway”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/544 "2016-02-19T02:51:39Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Agreed. The sooner the “establishment lane” thins the herd the better. Both for the Rs and for the nation. Doesn’t much matter how the thinning happens as long as it’s soon. There is some value in a full clown car pulling into the parking lot at the RNC. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/545 "2016-02-19T03:04:21Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Agreed. The sooner the “establishment lane” thins the herd the better. Both for the Rs and for the nation. Doesn’t much matter how the thinning happens as long as it’s soon. … Why? It’s like _Friends_ losing Joey and … uh, that other guy. Imagine _Cheers_ without Cliffy, or _Rhoda_ without Carlton the Doorman. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/546 "2016-02-19T04:27:02Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Why? It’s like _Friends_ losing Joey and … uh, that other guy. Imagine _Cheers_ without Cliffy, or _Rhoda_ without Carlton the Doorman. This race losing Jebya would be more like _MASH_ losing “Spearchucker” Jones: A character that was grandfathered in from a previous iteration which was quickly removed for being too unbelievable, until people later realized he was one of the more believable parts about the whole thing. Anyway, given that the two front-runners are now Frank Burns and Three O’Clock Charlie, we’ll have to see if any of the lesser insanities can come from behind to make the general election something closer to competitive. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/547 "2016-02-19T04:49:13Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > @ **Try2BComprehensive** : There seems to be an echo in here this afternoon. 😃 I get janky results every.time I try to post from my phone. I blame Obama 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/548 "2016-02-19T04:49:58Z")
I may have been wrong, but I took the comment I was responding to as hoping for more than the removal of only Jeb! One dead elephant hardly thins the herd. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/549 "2016-02-19T21:57:55Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I’m not saying Jeb is brain-damaged… The Jeb! campaign has remarkable parallels to the Schiavo case, doesn’t it? There are signs of life but not of brain activity… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/550 "2016-02-19T22:26:09Z")
Mother Karma is not to be trifled with; she bites _hard_. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/551 "2016-02-20T00:43:05Z")
One of Jeb’s major problems is that his own staff doesn’t believe him: Jeb says he is in for the long haul–but a number of members of his staff are sending out resumes since they believe he will soon be gone (after South Carolina): > **[Bush staff float resumes with Florida consultants](https://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/jeb-bush-staffers-campaign-jobs-219518)** > > His campaign sets a travel schedule for Nevada but campaign workers fear his run may end before then. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/552 "2016-02-20T02:52:25Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > The Jeb! campaign has remarkable parallels to the Schiavo case, doesn’t it? There are signs of life but not of brain activity… Thread winner. Top 5 All-Time Elections Forum Nominee. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/553 "2016-02-20T03:24:38Z")
I do think it’s ironic that despite his billions Trump’s twitter handle is @realDonaldTrump and not @DonaldTrump. Whoever owns @DonaldTrump is just sitting on it, he’s never tweeted but has almost 4000 followers. If I was one of the other GOP candidates I’d buy that twitter account and use it as an anonymous parody account. Wait, that would require a brain and some understanding of social media. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/554 "2016-02-21T01:42:48Z")
Jeb! just announced he’s suspending his campaign. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/555 "2016-02-21T01:43:34Z")
Bush is out, according to CNN. Not something anyone would have predicted to happen so soon in the cycle. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/556 "2016-02-21T01:43:35Z")
Wow! Oddly enough it was CNBC that first alerted me to this. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/557 "2016-02-21T01:45:26Z")
I’m really shocked Bush has dropped out. As soon as Graham started talking, it was obvious, but damn. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/558 "2016-02-21T01:48:27Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Bush is out, according to CNN. Not something anyone would have predicted to happen so soon in the cycle. Florida is very different from DC and not all shrub transplants are successful… ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/559 "2016-02-21T01:49:18Z")
Jeb was tired of Trump giving him swirlies. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672/560 "2016-02-21T01:50:43Z")
I wonder if Bush dropping out will affect how wealthy political investors in the future spend money on politics. They invested at least $100 million in Bush and have nothing to show for it. Then again, in the general wealthy investors will probably put a billion in and at least one side will lose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeb-bush-campaign-for-potus-thread/722672.md?page=29)