Jeb Bush SuperPAC to increase TV ad blitz in September from $10million to upwards of $15million

[seafan]

Uh-oh.

Over the weekend, Jeb Bush got the panicky news that he is the most disliked candidate in the running, with the highest net unfavorable rating among registered voters.

While Donald Trump may have a net unfavorable rating of minus 20 percentage points among registered voters, Jeb Bush is faring even worse. The latest CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday shows Bush with a net unfavorable rating two points lower than Trump's, at minus 22 percentage points.

Even amongst just the Republican population, Bush is still polling worse than Trump. The Donald's rise in the Republican primary polls continued this week with 24 percent, while the former Florida governor trailed by 11 percentage points, coming in second at 13 percent. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson came in third with 8 percent.

More bad news for Jeb! Bush:

Poll: GOP establishment candidates falling, August 17, 2015


By the end of the weekend, it was reported that Jeb's SuperPAC was going to drop $10million on TV ads after Labor Day, blanketing the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

"Bush 45 is raising the DEFCON," (Pat) Buchanan emailed, after news broke that Bush's super PAC would be spending on television ads. "The Donald has forced him off his grand strategy. Jeb should be nervous."

.....Though it's about to start spending serious money, the Bush world isn't showing the panic that Buchanan said they should -- at least not overtly.

...one senior Republican operative said of Bush’s predicament. "But, early ads are like starting a fire. If the log doesn’t catch and the flames don’t spread, it should be cause for concern."

But, wait! Yesterday, news broke that Jeb Bush's Right to Rise Super PAC is planning to spend upwards of $15 million on its first major TV advertising blitz.

Previous reports had underestimated the amount the high-powered PAC, headed by Republican political strategist Mike Murphy, will invest in the large ad buy, according to a source familiar with the specifics of the media campaign.

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Bush has slid six points among Republican primary voters in the latest Fox News national poll released Sunday--the first time he has dropped to single digits since April. He is now in fourth place in the national poll.

Looks like Trump is forcing Jeb! to shell out some big bucks for TV blitzing, earlier than Jeb! anticipated. This is going to be a continual money drain on that $114million+ that Jeb raised before he "decided" to run.

Alongside Trump's $10 billion, oh, well, Jeb!.


Jeb!, "the joyful tortoise" isn't having a good day.




Keep needling him, Mr. Trump. He's gonna blow soon.

[NCjack]

1. Oh goody. JEB!, hit him!. Donald, hit him hard back! Kick him .... /nt