Bush Campaign Ridicules Story That It’s out of Cash
By Jonathan Swan. Jeb Bush campaign officials and a top fundraiser are pushing back aggressively against a story by conservative talk show host Erick Erickson in which he claims that the Bush campaign will stop paying staff on Saturday due to lack of funds.
Citing “sources close to the Bush campaign,” Erickson wrote that there was a phone call on Wednesday night in which the news leaked out that the Bush campaign was out of cash.
After Erickson’s story reverberated through the political world on Thursday morning, Bush campaign spokesman Tim Miller tweeted:
There was no staff call. Desperate fake leak by Marco 2 press bc his ballot stalled. Internals have Jeb/Cruz/Marco MOE. Raised sig $ this wk
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) February 18, 2016
Al Cardenas, a longtime Bush insider and senior fundraiser, told The Hill — with his tongue firmly planted in cheek — that he was amazed that “Erick has better information than I do.”
“I am traveling on Saturday to Nevada to help oversee that effort, and we have staff waiting for me,” Cardenas said in a telephone interview. “And nobody’s been notified about this information. (Read more from “Bush Campaign Ridicules Story That It’s out of Cash” HERE)
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Supporters to Jeb: The Donald’s in Your Head
By David Catanese. Jeb Bush supporters think their presidential candidate has been thrown off his optimistic tone by the rancorous bullying of Donald Trump.
And they’re telling him that to his face.
During a midday campaign stop at a country club here Wednesday, Bush was confronted at least three times by seemingly benevolent backers who critiqued his message and offered candid advice about how to right the course.
“I’m afraid that your message doesn’t resonate to the national community,” said Edward Scott, a Maryland resident who was traveling in the Palmetto State for work and supports Bush. (Read more from “Supporters to Jeb: The Donald’s in Your Head” HERE)
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