SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) – The campaign trail turned rough Wednesday for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as he reached for a strong showing in South Carolina’s GOP primary Saturday.
First, news leaked that Gov. Nikki Haley will endorse rival Marco Rubio, a development that Bush said left him “disappointed.”
Then, at his own town hall event at a Charleston-area club, he got more unsolicited advice – mostly about how to handle front runner Donald Trump – than policy questions.
Take the high road. Be more like brother George, the former president. “You could raise the bar,” said Edward Scott, of Frederick, Maryland.
“I don’t think your message is resonating,” Scott told Bush in front of about 300 people. “It appears that you do get knocked off center, as anyone would.”