Jeb! Bush's crack campaign team spent the weekend in Houston
calming the frazzled nerves of about 150 key donors by zeroing in on the Achilles heel of one of his chief rivals: He's a lot like the guy who currently occupies the Oval Office. Eli Stokols
reports:
The campaign’s fixation on the Florida senator was evidenced by several slides, including one noting the allies of both Rubio and Bush who have sided with Bush’s campaign. “Marco hasn’t received a single endorsement from a fellow U.S. Senator,” the text on screen read. “Governor Bush has been endorsed by three, as well as 20 House members.”
The following slide called Rubio "a GOP Obama," and noted their “strikingly similar profiles: first-term senators, lawyers and university lecturers, served in part-time state legislatures for eight years, had few legislative accomplishments, and haven’t shown much interest in the process of advancing legislation and getting results.”
What's amazing is that this wasn't an off-the-cuff gaffe—it was a strategy, put together by a bunch of highly paid consultants as they were trying to solidify support for Jebby. And what did they do? They made a slide advertising Jeb!'s younger, more charismatic rival as just like President Obama. Not that Rubio's even close. But yeah, Obama, the guy who kicked the butt of Jeb!'s Democratic counterpart in 2008 and went on to win two terms at the White House.
This was their pitch as they asked donors for more money to buoy Jeb!'s campaign. I mean, why not just turn it over to the volunteers?