Is the Jeb! Campaign Toast?

by Mouser The King Cat

Unless the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire are wrong to a staggering degree, Jeb Bush’s candidacy is toast. That means his donors are out well over $100 million.

People  on the ground could have told these people that Americans aren’t fond of royal families. (Hope that applies to Hillary, too.) From Politico:

           

Bush’s donors are no longer high-fiving or strategizing how to keep funds flowing. Instead, the money spigot is shutting off as the donor class believes it is just a matter of time before the candidate they threw so much money behind drops out of the race.

Politico talked to nearly two dozen major donors, and most say they are waiting for what one veteran Republican and former Bush 43 administration appointee described as the "family hall pass" to jump to another campaign after the New Hampshire primary.

 “I’m resigned to it being over, frankly. It’s really disappointing,” said one top Bush Wall Street donor. “I’d urge him to get out after New Hampshire if he doesn’t do well, but he probably won’t."

Of course not. People like Karl Rove still think they can derail Donald Trump and Ted Cruz and somehow persuade a brokered convention to pick El Jeb. More from Politico:

The Bush campaign continues to make the case in conference calls to supporters that the one-time front-runner still has a pathway to the nomination. And several donors praised Bush’s finance operation as one of the best they've ever seen.

And finally this:

"The remarkable thing about Team Jeb is how well they are sticking together through the bad times," said Ron Kaufman, a top strategist to Mitt Romney during his 2012 presidential bid. "And there is an honest to God, real Bush network that is somewhat latent in places across the country that with a modicum of good news I think will become energized."

Translation: Hey, there’s a graveyard. Now listen to me whistle.