It's do or die time for many candidates in the Republican presidential primary, and that means things are getting nasty. More so, I mean: Even low-energy Jeb! is throwing rocks.
Bush couldn’t resist a jibe Tuesday when he was asked about swapping his cowboy boots for more snow-friendly shoes.
“They’re not high heeled,” Bush said, according to NBC News reporter Kasie Hunt. It was an apparent shot at the stylish footwear that Rubio has sported on the trail. Cruz’s campaign also mocked what it called Rubio’s “booties.”
Making fun of a man's height-enhancing boots? Not that's just not done in polite circles. Fortunately, the 2016 Republican candidates and their assorted hangers-on could never be mistaken for polite circles.
They're even attacking Chris Christie, which is just mean. Let the man have his twenty supporters, he's not bothering anyone.
A pro-Rubio super-PAC on Tuesday started running two separate television ads attacking the New Jersey governor. One shows Christie alongside the president, calling him “Obama’s favorite Republican.” [...]
Rubio, who is scheduled to arrive in New Hampshire on Thursday, should “just show up for work once in a while,” Christie said. “He’s only got one job.”
Well alrighty then. Here's hoping some of this newfound desperation makes it onto the debate stage. Heaven knows we could all use the entertainment.