https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/12/09/jeb-bush-falling-star/BGSbO91dEYgAUfCeFHwBFP/story.htmlBy Joan Vennochi Globe Columnist December 09, 2015
MANCHESTER, N.H.
Jeb Bush was talking Social Security in a room filled with retired people. And in case you forgot, his claim to fame — besides the family name — is that he really likes that policy stuff.
“You heard that expression, ‘I feel like a pig in slop? . . . In the South, that’s a compliment,” said the former Florida governor as he wrapped up remarks at an AARP-sponsored summit at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
Unfortunately for Bush, the 2016 Republican primary process is all about a kind of slop he doesn’t like and seems ill-equipped to handle. For now, Donald Trump — a candidate who is anything but thoughtful — is hijacking a race that the smart money believed was Bush’s to dominate.
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