Tuesday, August 25, 2015

First Read: Jeb Bush Punches Back at Donald Trump


Jeb punches back at Trump

It began last week in New Hampshire, but escalated yesterday in McAllen, TX: Jeb Bush is increasingly punching back at Donald Trump. He argued that Trump's immigration plan to round up all undocumented immigrants isn't "grounded in conservative principles," saying: "The simple fact is that his proposal is unrealistic, it will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, it will violate people's civil liberties, it will create friction with our third largest trading partner." As the New York Times puts it, "The change in Mr. Bush's tone is a calculated strategy, interviews show, with two different but crucial aims now that Mr. Trump is proving to be a long-term obstacle, not a passing nuisance: to dilute Mr. Trump's right-wing support by proving that he is not a genuine conservative and to show a wary Republican Party that Mr. Bush is enough of a street fighter to survive a nasty nomination contest." And there is another bonus, at least from the Bush point of view -- elevating Trump as his main foil, which demotes the rest of the field of anti-Bushes. 

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