The Campaign Moved Away from Jeb Bush

Rick Klein: “Jeb Bush’s campaign theme is and has always been about that ‘it,’ that it takes a Bush – more specifically, Jeb! – to fix the mess voters believe the country has found itself in. But the fix-it list has grown for Bush since the long-ago time of his campaign announcement. He’ll have to fix his debate performances, his campaign structure, and calculations about his path to the nomination before he can hope to recapture enthusiasm about his candidacy.”

“There’s something bigger Bush hopes to fix that is inherently problematic for him. He needs to fix what the 2016 campaign has become, and make it into what he has always hoped it would be… This campaign has been about Donald Trump and Ben Carson and what the massive television events called the presidential debates should look like… When it has been about Bush, it’s been about his last name far more than his first. The campaign to date has not been about the principles of leadership that Bush wants it to be about, at least not yet.”