WSJ’s Gerald Seib: Jeb and Trump ‘Better off Fighting than Not Fighting’

‘Donald Trump is attacking Jeb Bush more than anybody else’

DICKERSON: “Jeb Bush has tried to pick up a little bit on what Ben is talking about. This week, he amped up his attacks. Aides to Governor Bush said, we're going to fight for it now. How is that fight going?”

SEIB: “Well, I think it's problematic, but I do think they are better off fighting than not fighting, because it's a two-way flow here. Donald Trump is attacking Jeb Bush more than anybody else, which says to me that if you are in Donald Trump's world, you look at the establishment group -- and that's really what everybody else is outside of Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina -- they still think Jeb Bush is the most likely alternative to emerge from that establishment group, and, therefore, you have to take him down starting now. So, I think it's a two-way street. I think Jeb Bush decides you look weak if you don't fight. And the Trump world looks at Jeb Bush and says, well, he's the most likely anti-Trump candidate, so we better go after him now.”

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