At his website today Brad DeLong grabbed an image of Jeb Bush with the CNN chyron: “BUSH: MY CAMPAIGN IS NOT ON LIFE SUPPORT,” and makes the inevitable connection:
But is it the case that the JEB! Bush campaign’s soul fled long ago? And that it is now being kept alive at huge expense only because of ideology-crazed wingnuts who refuse to recognize the reality of the situation?
I’d say that calls for a second opinion.
Paging Dr. Frist! Stat!
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