Friendship battered, Bush faces pressure to back Rubio

In the waning days of Jeb Bush's presidential bid, his campaign became all about Marco Rubio, the one-time political understudy who went on to whip him Saturday night in South Carolina. Bush's allies and his team obsessed about the Florida senator, using him as their benchmark for success - no matter that Donald Trump was the man running at the front of the pack.
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Jeb Bush Suspends 2016 Presidential Campaign

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, once considered the Republican Party's most likely presidential nominee, is ending his campaign after a dismal showing in South Carolina's primary. "The people of Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina have spoken, and I really respect their decision, so tonight I am suspending my campaign," he told backers in the Palmetto State.
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Bush Defends Super PAC's Negative Ads

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush defended the negative tone of advertising employed by his super PAC, Right to Rise, Saturday, arguing it pales in comparison to what the Clinton campaign would unload on Republicans in the fall.
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In new ad, John Kasich compares Jeb Bush to the 'Macarena'

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) wants people to equate fellow presidential candidate "Jeb Bush" with "super old and obsolete," which is why his latest ad is all about Bush enjoying things no one has thought about in years.
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Jeb Bush loses the copyright to 'Jeb!'

It's a sad day indeed for exclamation mark proponents — Jeb Bush is apparently dropping the high-energy punctuation mark from his brand.
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Bush Super PAC Has Spent More Than $50M

The Jeb Bush backers who poured more than $100 million into pro-Bush super PAC Right to Rise haven't exactly been getting a lot of bang for their buck. The group has already spent more than $49 million, not including salaries and other operating expenses, only to have its candidate's poll numbers drop to the low single figures, the Washington Post reports.


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Bush readies his last stand in New Hampshire

New Hampshire is beginning to look like Jeb Bush's final stand. Stuck in the middle of the GOP pack he was expected to dominate, Bush is accelerating the time frame for his campaign's next ad buy in the state. His campaign also announced Tuesday that it is opening four regional field offices in New Hampshire and upping its on-the-ground staff from 12 people to 20.


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Jeb Bush loses TV ad edge to Marco Rubio

Down in the polls, Jeb Bush was supposed to find refuge in his financial superiority. But just as his campaign enters the critical primary phase, the fallen front-runner is about to get outgunned on the airwaves by the man his campaign views as its chief rival: Marco Rubio.

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Bush: U.S. Should only Accept ‘Christian’ Refugees from Syria

The news that at least one of the perpetrators of Friday’s horrific terror attacks in Paris had entered Europe posing as a refugee from the civil war in Syria ignited debate Sunday over whether and how the U.S. should follow through with a pledge to accept some 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year. One top Republican candidate said that the focus should be on allowing Christians into the country.


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Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are far behind in their own home state

There's fresh evidence here of the unthinkable: Florida's biggest Republican stars, former governor Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio, run the risk of losing their state's winner-take-all primary next year to an out-of-state contender.
A loss in their home state could force both Bush and Rubio out of the presidential race after March 15, when Florida and three other states will hold the first winner-take-all primaries.


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To Democrats, Trump isn’t top threat

The Republican that Democrats fear most isn’t Donald Trump. It’s Jeb Bush, with John Kasich coming on fast.

Ask members of the Democratic National Committee whom they least want to face in the 2016 presidential election, and they often joke how they hope Trump stays hot.
“We are all Trump supporters,” Glen Maxey, a DNC member from Texas, said with a laugh.


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Candidates' Wall: 17 Republicans Vie for Party's 2016 Presidential Nomination

Click on images to visit the campaign websites of these presidential primary candidates (shown in alphabetical order).



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