Weekly Bush Update(Oct. 5-11)

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On October 4th through 6th, Bush went to Iowa where he was the speaker at the Scott County Republican dinner, another attempt to boost his failing polls in Iowa. Bush wants to make changes in Washington including dealing with legislators who miss votes because it is a problem in Washington. On October 8th, Bush quickly stopped in Geneva, Illinois for a meet and greet fundraiser that was estimated to make $250-$1000 per person he met. The meet and greet was held at the Geneva home of Janet and Gerard Keating. On October 9th Bush went to Knoxville, Tennessee for a fundraiser at the Tennessee vs. Georgia football game. Volunteers (notice the pun) even painted Bush’s campaign logo on the rock on Tennessee’s campus!
This week in the polls Bush was not doing very good. He started off the week around 8.4% and is now down to 7.1% as of Sunday. Now you are probably thinking, what can he do to bring these numbers back up. Two things, First. he will finally spend some money on advertising. Bush has collected more money than any other Republican and so he is now going to put that money to use. Second, a much more drastic thought, Bush may be considering bringing his brother on the campaign trail. His brother has already publicly said that he doesn’t want to do this, trying to avoid any anti-dynasty backlash. Very smart move by George W. Bush, not so smart move by Jeb Bush. But, even though George W. Bush won’t join his brother on the campaign trail doesn’t mean he can’t raise money for him. George W. Bush travels the country collecting more and more money for Jeb Bush, giving him even more power over ads. George W. Bush’s next stop will be in Colorado this next week.
Early in the week Bush still had to deal with the backlash of his “stuff happens” comment. But, he did make an overall good comment that will please most Republicans about the Voting Rights Act. He says that states like Georgia no longer need these preclearance provisions on voting because, using Georgia as the example, minorities on average vote more than whites. Bush did experience some push back from Clinton and Pratt Wiley, the Nation Director of Voter Expansion. Clinton and Riley both support the voting rights act and say it needs to be beefed up into order to cut down on stuff like the scandal of Alabama closing DMVs in mainly minority populated areas do to budget cuts. Bush apparently doesn’t know of this saying, “I don’t know the case of Alabama. Typically when you close DMVs it’s because of budget considerations. I can’t comment on that.” Other than those two comments Bush didn’t say any other majorly Idiotic things this week.
Overall rating of the week: Bad. Bush over dropped in the polls probably due to backlash of attacking the Voting Rights Act. One good thing for him is he continues to gain more and more money, which he will start using to pay for ads. Hopefully, that will help him a great deal in getting high back up there in the polls.

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