Bush Looks Past the Early States

Jeb Bush, “anticipating a competitive primary season, is forming an aggressive presence in states beyond the four that will vote in February,” CNN reports.

“He stepped into Rand Paul country on Thursday afternoon, for example, to headline a fundraiser for the Kentucky state GOP and became the first Republican presidential candidate to pay the filing fee for the state’s March 5 caucus.”

“Bush’s campaign views the stop as an example of their ‘robust’ operation, not only in Kentucky but across the southern region that will host a slew of states in the so-called SEC primary on March 1, followed by other states like Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois later in the month. Along with being first on the ballot in Kentucky, Bush’s team boasts that it was also the first in Vermont, obtaining 2,000 signatures on its petition, twice the number required.”