Bush: Out of touch, out of the race

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Jeb Bush gracefully bowed out of the race for the Republican nomination last night after finishing a distant fourth behind Cruz, Rubio, and the winner, Donald Trump. A year ago, no one in the Bush camp could have imagined this outcome. Jeb Bush had every possible advantage; money, organization, and a name that was instantly recognizable to millions of Republicans. He had a long resume, political and financial contacts in every state, and was the consensus choice of the core money men in the Republican party. What happened? This Politico autopsy of the Bush campaign shows that the candidate and his advisors ran a race as if it were still 2000. They  were so out of touch with the majority of the party that they failed to detect the rise of the anti-establishmentarians. Ultimately, they were unable to adopt to the changing political landscape and were crushed by their own hubris and incompetence. The playbook, hatched by Sally Bradshaw, Mike Murphy and a handful of...(Read Full Article)

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