this anti-establishment, anti-if you will, washington type of candidates. and jeb bush kind of falls in that. i think he s got a much bigger problem in trying to rationalize or argue that he can t win, trump can t win, i think republicans, you know, are going to probably prove him wrong in whether he can win the nomination. the interesting thing is if you look at the poll with trump on top with 25%, jeb bush is at 8%. he continues to crater in the polls. and trump s favorability numbers keep going up as well, as well as against the democrats. yeah, these latest comments, especially the zombie candidate comments from mike murphy, mike murphy is a political consultant. here in washington, d.c., being a political consultant is like being a duke in the court of henry viii. everyone treats you like you re important, but you have never really done anything. zing. he s never won a national election in his life. here s the thing. if jeb bush wants to win the election, and wants to win
never be president of the united states ever. by definition, i don t think you can be a front-runner if you re totally unelectable. meanwhile, the latest wall street journal poll has trump on top with 25%. chris kofinis, former chief of staff for joe mantion, is here, and larry conor. great to have you here. chris, long time. i haven t seen you in a while. great to have you back. i guess jeb bush s people, including his president and his super pac guys are going to the gusto. they have to, right? well, i mean, he doesn t have much of a choice. his numbers keep falling. i mean, here s the weird thing. every time donald trump says something, all the pundits and experts say he s dead. he s deg to collapse in the polls. it doesn t seem to happen. it seems the opposite happens. i think that the bush campaign is not fully appreciating that there is something pretty significant happening in the republican primary.
former president george w. bush weighed in on two of his brother s rivals today. this is not like him at all to really say anything negative. what s going on here? but he has been out there working for his brother. former president george w. bush did make it clear months ago he ll do or not do whatever it is jeb thinks will help. the other night at a private gathering in colorado with bush backers, the former president told people he doesn t like cruz, according to politico, and talked about rubio, too. cruz has been very critical of republican leaders, including chief justice john roberts, who was a bush appointee. he worked in the bush administration, and in a statement said he s proud of that and has great respect for the former president, but it s no surprise he s backing his brother and attacking candidates he thinks pose a threat. when it comes to rubio, he says he s not sure being a young first-term senator qualifies you. he said, if rubio wins, i ll be back here saying it doe
i will fight for a new law to cut the pay of law makers who refuse to show up for work. if they skip votes or miss hearings, they should have their paychecks docked. that s what happens in the private sector. it s now very clear if it becomes necessary, the jeb bush super pac will bombard marco rubio with attack ads about having the worst attendance record in the united states senate. and that may become necessary soon. marco rubio is moving up in the polls and is now in a statistical tie with jeb bush in new hampshire. still running behind donald trump and carly fiorina, but rubio is the second most improved candidate in that poll with fiorina, the most improved candidate. and then an nbc news national poll, marco rubio is ahead of jeb bush at 11% to jeb bush s 7%. the front-runner for the presidential nomination has taken notice if marco rubio s rise in the polls and wants to remind people of rubio s most memorable weak moment.
nine votes this year. that is above average for the senators who are not running for president. bernie sanders has missed 4% of senate votes while running for president. and marco rubio has missed 29%. something jeb bush has noticed. buried in the middle of a jeb bush op-ed in the des moines register today is this new bush proposal. i will fight for a new law to cut the pay of law makers who refuse to show up for work. if they skip votes or miss hearings, they should have their paycheck s docked. that s what happens in the private sector. it s now very clear if it becomes necessary, the jeb bush super pac will bombard marco rubio with attack ads about having the worst attendance record in the united states senate. and that may become necessary soon. marco rubio is moving up in the polls and is now in a statistical tie with jeb bush in new hampshire. still running behind donald trump and carly fiorina, but rubio is the second most