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Jeb Bush Struggles to Save a Flagging Campaign

<p>Jeb Bush is running out of money&period; And it looks like even his big bro won&rsquo&semi;t be able to save him this time&period; In a dramatic effort to cut spending&comma; he announced Friday morning during a conference call that he would be cutting the salaries of all his employees&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Will Jeb Bush be the next candidate to follow in the footsteps of Scott Walker&quest;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em>RedState<&sol;em>&comma; Bush spent &dollar;1&period;1 million more than the &dollar;13&period;4 million he raised during the first quarter&period; His campaign officials thought things were fine until they took a look at the other candidates&rsquo&semi; finance reports&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Jeb Bush has plenty of big donors&comma; so what&rsquo&semi;s the problem&quest; According to <em>National Review<&sol;em>&comma; &ldquo&semi;no candidate in either party who was not&comma; at this point in the election cycle&comma; in the top two in grassroots fundraising has won the nomination&comma; nor has any candidate outside the top three in major-donor funding&comma;&rdquo&semi; since the year 2000&period;&nbsp&semi;And according to<em> Politico&comma;<&sol;em>&nbsp&semi;&ldquo&semi;Jeb Bush on Friday ordered a wholesale restructuring of his struggling campaign after suffering miserably in the polls despite massive spending and a deep donor network&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>National Review<&sol;em> pointed out that winning candidates are those who can excite the public and win the hearts of big donors&period; Bush might look great on paper&comma; but that means nothing if nobody wants to vote for him&period;&nbsp&semi;In other words&comma; even if Bush secures more money from big donors&comma; his inability to attract his party&rsquo&semi;s rank-and-file donors make his chances of winning the primary virtually impossible&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many&nbsp&semi;suggest that the best way for him to&nbsp&semi;support the moderate GOP cause would be to drop out of the race and endorse his biggest threat&comma; Marco Rubio&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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