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Jeb Bush leaving republican presidential primaries?

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><strong>Jeb Bush puts on a fire jacket during a campaign stop at Globe Manufacturing&comma; a family owned business for more than 125 years that makes suits for firefighters&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"> Friday&comma; the Huffingtonpost screamed<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"> &&num;8220&semi;Jeb Bush Seeks To Escape The Jaws Of Humiliation In New Hampshire&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title">This might be an overly hasty dismissal of a well funded and pedigreed campaign&period; However&comma; the truth is that Jeb Bush who began the campaign as the consensus favorite to win the Republican nomination has a campaign that is heavily listing water&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title">Yes&comma; he has raised more than &dollar;100 million through his super PAC before even officially entering the race&period; But since then&comma; Bush’s decline in relevance has been as steady as it has been disconcerting for a storied GOP clan that has already produced two commanders-in-chief and isn’t used to being embarrassed in the family business of presidential politics&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><i>Sadly&comma; no gravitas<&sol;i><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title">In Bush’s camp&comma; the thinking goes that Jeb has to save himself in New Hampshire&comma; finishing ahead of Florida Sen&period; Marco Rubio&comma; if he wants to remain a viable candidate heading into the South Carolina primary&period; Then and only then will the time come to deploy the nation’s 43rd president&comma; who famously lost the 2000 New Hampshire primary by 19 points to John McCain but then came back for a campaign-saving victory in the Palmetto State&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><i>Easier said than done<&sol;i><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title">Whether he will make it that far is another issue entirely&period; His path lies in emerging the most viable establishment alternative candidate to Donald Trump and Ted Cruze&period; Can he play it close enough to reap the benefits of being a close front runner in early states then spring in the more Bush friendly later states&quest;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Right now he is grappling with the prospect of a debilitating letdown on Tuesday that at this point seems more probable than not&comma; and the candidate himself remains unable to escape the symbolism of doom&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title">Donald Trump &&num;8211&semi; Republican front  running critically needs to win New Hampshire primaries<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ballotpedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;images&sol;thumb&sol;4&sol;40&sol;Donald&lowbar;Trump&lowbar;by&lowbar;Gage&lowbar;Skidmore&lowbar;3&period;jpg&sol;900px-Donald&lowbar;Trump&lowbar;by&lowbar;Gage&lowbar;Skidmore&lowbar;3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore 3&period;jpg" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"426" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><i>Photo credit ballotpedia<&sol;i><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title">&NewLine;<p>The truth is that in today’s nuance-free campaign environment&comma; amply potrayed by other candidates like Trump&comma; Cruz Rubio&comma; Christie&comma; Fiorina&comma; that appears to be resonating with Republican primary voters&comma; as Bush&&num;8217&semi;s nuanced&comma; meassured campaign style appears like a relic to a more genteel era in comparison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Still&comma; New Hampshire voters have surprised us many&comma; many times before&period; Bush has a strong ground game in place here&comma; and his loyal campaign advisers are intent on pulling out all of the stops before Tuesday’s primary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Desperation can be a useful tool in presidential politics&period; And there is no doubt that Jeb Bush is desperate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><img title&equals;"160205&lowbar;jeb&lowbar;bush&lowbar;barbara&lowbar;bush&lowbar;AP&lowbar;1160&period;jpg" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;static2&period;politico&period;com&sol;dims4&sol;default&sol;cde2e3b&sol;2147483647&sol;resize&sol;1160x&percnt;3E&sol;quality&sol;90&sol;&quest;url&equals;http&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fstatic&period;politico&period;com&percnt;2Ffc&percnt;2Fc7&percnt;2F5796741b4d3b9747917b91b9a31b&percnt;2F160205-jeb-bush-barbara-bush-ap-1160&period;jpg" alt&equals;"160205&lowbar;jeb&lowbar;bush&lowbar;barbara&lowbar;bush&lowbar;AP&lowbar;1160&period;jpg" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"347" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"art ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"fig-graphic"><img title&equals;"160205&lowbar;jeb&lowbar;bush&lowbar;barbara&lowbar;bush&lowbar;AP&lowbar;1160&period;jpg" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;static2&period;politico&period;com&sol;dims4&sol;default&sol;cde2e3b&sol;2147483647&sol;resize&sol;1160x&percnt;3E&sol;quality&sol;90&sol;&quest;url&equals;http&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fstatic&period;politico&period;com&percnt;2Ffc&percnt;2Fc7&percnt;2F5796741b4d3b9747917b91b9a31b&percnt;2F160205-jeb-bush-barbara-bush-ap-1160&period;jpg" alt&equals;"160205&lowbar;jeb&lowbar;bush&lowbar;barbara&lowbar;bush&lowbar;AP&lowbar;1160&period;jpg" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"347" &sol;><&sol;div><figcaption><i>AP Photo<&sol;i>Mama Bush on the campaign trail in New Hampshire&comma; Friday with Jeb&period;  <i>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He’s so polite&period; We brought him up that way&comma; and he does not brag like some people we know&comma;”<&sol;i><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title">The entire Bush clan &&num;8211&semi; mama Bush&comma; brother W are out in full force on the campaign trail in New hampshire&period; Will they be able to pull the proverbial chestnut of the fire&quest; Guess we will find out by late Monday night&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"headline&lowbar;&lowbar;title"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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