Campaigning in style: How Jeb Bush blew through his warchest

[JudyM]

There were stays at boutique hotels featuring rooftop pools, private soirees at members-only, jacket-and-tie clubs and fundraisers at the Four Seasons, the St. Regis and the Mandarin Oriental.

In the world of Jeb Bush, the campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination has at times been a whirl of private planes and high-end affairs...
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Eleven of 16 major donors contacted by Reuters questioned whether it was money well spent, especially given how the one-time frontrunner has stumbled badly in the polls and is now facing questions about whether he should withdraw from the race.
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Ad-tracking firm SMG Delta says Bush's campaign and Right to Rise have spent $82 million on ads, significantly more than the three leading candidates in the Republican race: Donald Trump ($5 million); Senator Ted Cruz ($11 million) and Senator Marco Rubio ($49 million). The tracking firm’s data is more up to date than what has been reported so far in the federal filings.

"There is no return on investment on the Bush ad buys, zero,” said one high-dollar donor who asked not to be named, pointing to how the ads have done little, at least so far, to lift Bush in the polls or dent his opponents.

On Sunday, donors will learn just how much Bush has spent from his $100 million-plus warchest. That's when Republican and Democratic candidates and their Super PACs release their latest campaign finance reports...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bush-insight-idUSKCN0V6194

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Big donors thought they were going to buy their boy and have their influence... Gotta love this!

[Vinca]

1. I live in NH and I read that Jeb was not just sending DVDs to primary voters,

he was sending the whole DVD player! If the idea wasn't so repulsive, I would have signed up as a supporter to get one. LOL.

[Egnever]

2. DVD players are dirt cheap now

Not worth the heartache IMHO

[Vinca]

3. But still . . . what a waste of campaign dollars.

[JudyM]

7. Made in China, no doubt.

[Snobblevitch]

10. Or Japan, South Korea, Mexico, or many other countries.

They have never been made in the USA.

[Hortensis]

4. In the beginning probably everyone thought

it appropriate to maintain in proper style a man who was about to start bestowing huge gifts of his (nation's) own. His donors can eat it. Just wish he blew twice as much of their money.

[JudyM]

5. ^^ this^^!

[Orsino]

6. It's free money.

What does he care, until it dries up?

[hatrack]

8. God, this is some of the funniest shit I've read in weeks . . . .

I can't decide which outcome I enjoy more, Bush's electoral imitation of a dinosaur trapped in a tar pit, or the spectacle of all these rich assholes' money just being burned in bricks and bundles.

[JudyM]

11. Definitely some dark enjoyment on both counts.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

9. Bush's prospects were far brighter last summer.

Trump had yet to join the race and Bush was making headlines for the size of his war chest. His Super PAC had just cracked its goal of raising more than $100 million in just six months - an unprecedented haul in American politics.

To celebrate, Jeb's parents and family welcomed their large network of well-heeled donors to their oceanside compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, where attendees were treated to rides in private trolley cars, lobster rolls and group photos with the sprawling Bush clan.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/campaigning-in-style-how-jeb-bush-blew-through-his-war-chest/ar-BBoP6N7?ocid=spartanntp

[calguy]

12. Jeb is doing what the Bushitters do best

Wasting other people's money!!!