Bush gets louder, more colorful in campaign revamp

Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, center left, walks with members of the media and supporters as he departs a campaign event held in a barn belonging to former .S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Rye, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, center left, walks with members of the media and supporters as he departs a campaign event held in a barn belonging to former .S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Rye, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

By Associated Press November 4, 2015 3 min read

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Republican Jeb Bush’s campaign revival tour is getting louder and more colorful as he charges across early voting states with a can-do slogan, a tour bus and critiques of rivals who have become threats to his claim as the GOP mainstream favorite.

“We’re Americans, dammit!” he shouted Wednesday at a pharmacy in Hollis, N.H., as he complained that the U.S. was not leading in key foreign policy disputes.

He saved special words for Donald Trump, the former reality show star who remains a leader in the unpredictable GOP nomination fight.

“A president can’t say ‘You’re fired,’ and go to commercial break,” Bush told more than 100 people at a senior center in Raymond, New Hampshire, Tuesday night. “A president has to roll up their damn sleeves and get to work.”

A night earlier, his voice showed signs of strain as he railed against what he called anemic economic growth.