(Via CNN) Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (CNN) The campaign for Jeb Bush, anticipating a competitive primary season, is forming an aggressive presence in states beyond the four that will vote in February — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.
He stepped into Rand Paul country on Thursday afternoon, for example, to headline a fundraiser for the Kentucky state GOP and became the first Republican presidential candidate to pay the filing fee for the March 5 caucus.
Bush’s campaign views the stop as an example of their “robust” operation, not only in Kentucky but across the southern region that will host a slew of states in the so-called SEC primary on March 1, followed by other states like Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois later in the month.
At a time when Bush is struggling to gain traction in national polls and in early voting states, including New Hampshire, which was expected to be one of his strongholds, his campaign is banking on its organizational strength to carry him deep into the primary calendar. The campaign insists that it’s not concerned about his performance thus far in early-voting states, only that it wants to organize in later states as well.
“We’re going to have the resources to compete through March,” said chief strategist David Kochel. “Everyone else is counting on their one shot, their one state to win. We can go the distance.”
[…] In South Carolina, where Bush campaigned Thursday night, the former governor registered at only 9% in a Monmouth University poll last month. But speaking to reporters, Bush sounded confident that the state would be his in the end.
“I’m going to win South Carolina,” he said. “You can take it to the bank.” (LINK)
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EARLIER This YEAR […] Former California tech executive Carly Fiorina has hired a top Republican National Committee spokeswoman to join her political action committee, another signal she is taking steps toward a bid for the White House later this year, CNN has learned.
Sarah Isgur Flores, the RNC’s deputy communications director, will leave the party group for Fiorina’s super PAC, Unlocking Potential, starting Monday.
A Harvard Law School-educated attorney, she previously worked as the political director for Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign and advised presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012. Should Fiorina transition the PAC’s operations into a presidential campaign, Isgur Flores would serve as deputy campaign manager, according to the PAC. (link)
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“I’m going to win South Carolina,” he said. “You can take it to the bank.” ~ Jeb Bush
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