With Jeb Bush struggling to connect with some Republican activists, his campaign has begun exploring whether to bring in the person it thinks may be best equipped to give him a boost with skeptical conservatives: his brother George W. Bush. …
There has been no recent public polling here measuring George Bush’s standing, but multiple Republicans who have seen private survey data indicate that he is broadly popular among potential South Carolina primary voters. And a CBS-New York Times survey found that, nationally, 71 percent of Republicans had a favorable view of the former president and only 10 percent said they viewed him unfavorably. CONT.
Jonathan Martin & Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times