Jeb Bush eclipses other Republican in early fundraising for 2016 bid

[BlueStater]

Source: The Washington Post

By Matea Gold February 14 at 5:16 AM

Jeb Bush’s money juggernaut is far eclipsing the efforts of his would-be rivals for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, putting his two political committees on pace to amass an unprecedented sum of tens of millions of dollars by early spring.

The former Florida governor’s overwhelming dominance in the race to line up financial backers has come at a speed that has impressed longtime Republican money players, who say wealthy party backers have rapidly migrated to Bush since 2012 nominee Mitt Romney decided against another White House run two weeks ago.

At one Manhattan fundraiser for Bush at the Park Avenue home of private-equity titan Henry Kravis this week, about 25 attendees paid a minimum of $100,000 each just to get in the door. It’s one of six events for Bush’s political action committees — including one next weekend in Palm Beach — with such a price tag.

“I think they will come up with an eye-popping figure,” said veteran GOP fundraiser Fred Malek.


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I'm going to consider this "neutral" news. Yeah, Jeb sucks but are the morons he's competing against really any better? No matter who wins the GOP nomination, we're getting a turd sandwich.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. well, given the other money raising juggernaut on the Dem side,

we're in for a real south park election.

Turd Sandwich or Giant Douche?

I think we'll need to change the song to 'Vote and then Die', not 'Vote or Die'.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Peanuts. Adelson and Koch have tens times that each for the begging. Literally, you have to beg and obey.

[Autumn]

3. I guess the wealthy have made their choice. Hillary V Jeb

For them it's a win win.

[raindaddy]

5. Exactly!

And Hillary's campaign strategy will end up being, shame the left into voting for the corporate candidate that is a least backed by the party that has a history of populism.

[billhicks76]

10. And She Will Cover Up For Bush Crimes Too

[madokie]

4. When jeb and rMoney had their meeting a month or so back

I can just imagine how that conversation went. You notice that mittens quit talking about running, quit making the talking heads rounds trying to sound all pResidential and stuff. It won't make a hill of beans of difference which of these two cretins get there as long as one of them do and big head jeb has the momentum going forward, right now. He stumble and queen ann will be all over 'he's really not a stiffy' to do something though. remember when she said something to the effect that mitt comes across as stiff but when he's home where it matters he really isn't, some shit like that anyway

[7962]

6. Hahahahaha! What a waste of money! nt

[SoapBox]

7. No...More...Bush!

Ever.

[cstanleytech]

12. Agreed, I dont think the country could deal with with being Bushwhacked again. nt

[blkmusclmachine]

8. How Bush's Grandfather Helped Hitler's Rise to Power

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar

[24601]

9. Did Jeb Bush invent a time machine and travel back to advise & help his grandfather? If not, there

is no relevance.

Of course, you might be pretending to aim at Bush and "accidentally" hit Clinton who is related to someone with a checkered past....

So why not retrieve the discussion from the mud and concentrate what the presumptive candidates did themselves?

[cstanleytech]

11. Good I hope he drains as much money as he can from the varies donors and then flops big time as he

deserves to imo.