Stuck in the middle of the GOP pack he was expected to dominate, Bush is accelerating the time frame for his campaign’s next ad buy in the state. His campaign also announced Tuesday that it is opening four regional field offices in New Hampshire and upping its on-the-ground staff from 12 people to 20…
“It is very fluid in New Hampshire right now, but there just doesn’t seem to be any excitement for Jeb,” said Drew Cline, a former longtime editorial page editor at the Union Leader who now runs a consulting business. “I wouldn’t completely rule Jeb Bush out, but I think it’s becoming clear that if he’s going to do well in New Hampshire, he has to dramatically change things, and I don’t see any indication that that’s happening.”…
Bush, whose campaign just completed a monthlong run of ads in the state, hadn’t planned to go back on the air until January. But in a sign of the urgency of his predicament, the campaign announced it has reserved three weeks of airtime starting this week, in the hopes of securing a top-three finish on Feb. 9.
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