The Democrats’ looming business boogeyman assault on Trump is nearly identical to the attack leveled at the last GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, whose financial firm Bain Capital was savaged by pro-Obama super PACs over its practice of downsizing manufacturers for profit.
Inside the pro-Clinton super PAC-world, the Republican establishment’s miscalculation is viewed as a tactical error of epic proportions.
“Amazing. They just froze,” the PAC aligned strategist said, requesting anonymity.
No candidacy better illustrates GOP’s painful lesson, in the minds of several top GOP advisers, than that of Jeb Bush.
As Trump delighted in pointing out at every one of his rallies, the former Florida governor and his super PAC, Right to Rise USA, both amassed a war chest capable of annihilating any potential rival. But instead of directing that arsenal at Trump, Bush and his allies chose to target fellow establishment figures, especially Rubio.
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