Jeb on Poor Polling: ‘People Know Me as George’s Boy and George’s Brother’

‘They don’t know that I was the effective conservative governor that disrupted the old order in Florida’

ROSE: “The latest national poll shows Trump and Carson are still well ahead of the Republican field. The FOX News survey finds them just 1 point apart, 24 percent to 23 percent. Ted Cruz is third followed by Marco Rubio. Jeb Bush is in fifth place with eight percent support from Republican primary voters. Governor Bush joins us now here in studio 57. And we’re pleased to have him back at this table. Welcome.”
BUSH: “Thank you.”
ROSE: “You know, when many people looked at this campaign before it really began, you were the guy they thought would be the front runner. The first vote doesn’t take place until February. But people look at those numbers that I just repeated and say, what happened to Jeb Bush?”
BUSH: “Well, I wasn’t one of those that thought I was the front runner. I know that I have to go — tell the Jeb story. People know me as George’s boy and George’s brother. They don’t know that I was an effective, conservative  governor that disrupted the old order in Florida, and made big changes. And I tell that story each and every day, and it resonates, so —“
ROSE: “But why can’t you have more resonance then after this long, and two debates, from telling the Jeb Bush story? What’s the problem to connect with the voters about it?
BUSH: “It’s not a problem. We’re just starting. The important race is Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. Then you go into the Super Tuesday states, and we’re building an organization in all those places. I feel pretty confident in where we are right now.”

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