NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Yes, South Carolina Republicans do like George W. Bush. When the former president showed up at the North Charleston Coliseum Monday night on behalf of brother Jeb’s struggling campaign, the result was easily the largest crowd Jeb has drawn in South Carolina. Most reporters guessed it was north of 1,000; the campaign said it was 3,000. In any event, it was big.

Nobody onstage said Donald Trump’s name. But the Republican presidential front-runner and Jeb Bush torturer cast a shadow over the event just the same.

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