Jeb! raising cash Thursday night in Philly

[onehandle]

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia is a blue city in a blue state, but Republican Jeb Bush was planning to scoop up some green for his presidential candidacy there Thursday evening.

He’s scheduled for some private-time with leading GOP donors at the Comcast Center on JFK Boulevard at 5:45 p.m. – because fundraising never stops, even if, like Bush, you are working hard on the trail to reset your campaign.

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Bush, once the frontrunner for the nomination, has tumbled in the polls, having difficulty gaining traction with a querulous GOP electorate flocking to outsider candidates. His core selling point, that he is a “doer” who made government work during two terms as Florida governor, does not appear to fit the zeitgeist.

There was comfort to be had at the Comcast Center from much of the cream of the Pennsylvania Republican establishment.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/big_tent/Jeb-raising-cash-Thursday-night-in-Philly.html

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I know exactly one person in Philadelphia who is a Republican. And he's an ass. This is a Democratic town.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. I remember the days of the Thatcher Longstreth Republicans

I used to ride the train to school every morning on the same train he was on and he was always festooned in bow-tie and argyle socks. Then the creeps took over among the few GOP who remain. I'm surprised they didn't hold this at the Union League given Jeb's lineage.

[Demit]

2. I actually voted for Thacher!

Well, he was running against Frank Rizzo. And it was 1971.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. And to think Rizzo's son was a Republican

until 2 years ago. I was like, why bother?

[malachi]

4. As a fellow Philadelphian, I couldn't agree more.

I thought there was a peculiar odor in the air tonight. The Comcast Ctr - how appropriate.

[Jack Rabbit]

5. I'd give him a nickel, but I can't spare one

His buddies on Congress drank my COLA.