Jeb’s Biggest Problem is Trump

Published August 24, 2015 6:57pm ET



What’s the matter with Jeb Bush? The establishment favorite and frontrunner in the fundraising primary can’t seem to catch a break. Bush’s performance in the August 6 debate in Cleveland was judged as mediocre at best. He’s dropped to number two in New Hampshire and is tied for sixth place in Iowa. All this as rival Donald Trump sits atop the national polls as well as those in the early primary states.

And that may be Bush’s biggest problem: in a name, Trump. At a rally in New Hampshire last week, Trump had harsh words for the former Florida governor. “I don’t see how he’s electable,” Trump said. “Jeb Bush is a low-energy person. For him to get things done is hard. He’s very low energy.”

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