“Don’t buy the bulls— about us not being worried about Jeb”

That opinion has considerable bipartisan support. “Don’t buy the bulls— about us not being worried about Jeb,” added a veteran Democratic operative. “He’s a tough match-up even if his last name is Bush.”…

One third party Democratic group was so concerned about Bush that it recently paid for a poll to gauge his performance in a head-to-head match-up against Obama, according to a Democrat briefed on the poll.

The survey revealed nothing that public polling already has — that Obama enjoys a substantial lead — and that the Bush surname is still toxic…

The Obama campaign loves watching Mitt Romney squirm in the spotlight — but they don’t want to see him so irretrievably damaged it draws better candidates into the fray.