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Republican money spent for the Iowa vote
From the Washington Post
How much each republican campaign spent per Iowa vote
Donald Trump $300 per vote 45,400 votes
Marco Rubio $600 per vote 43,100 votes
Ted Cruz $700 per vote 51,700 votes
Rick Santorum $900 per vote 1,800 votes
John Kasich $1,500 per vote 3,500 votes
Mike Huckabee $1,500 per vote 3,300 votes
Rand Paul $1,500 per vote 8,500 votes
Chris Christie $1,800 per vote 3,300 votes
Carly Fiorina $2,200 per vote 3,500 votes
Ben Carson $3,100 per vote 17,400 votes
Jeb Bush $5,200 per vote 5,200 votes
Jim Gilmore $9,100 per vote 12 votes
There's one more thing missing from this picture: spending by super PACs on behalf of the candidates.
So Jeb has spent lots of money and that has not helped so now Barbara Bush is going to campaign with him. Is that going to turn his campaign around?
There are other stories on line about the spending that have different amounts of money spent.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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Re: Republican money spent for the Iowa vote
Jeb has spent lots of money and that has not helped so now Barbara Bush is going to campaign with him. Is that going to turn his campaign around?
No. Once you reach a certain age, it's not such a hot idea to have mom jump in to try to straighten things out when you find yourself going down the tube.
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Re: Republican money spent for the Iowa vote
Nothing wrong with, or unusual about, bringing your family in to campaign with you or as surrogates. Happens all the time. She campaigned for W. Ted Cruz's father has appeared in Iowa, etc.
Will it turn his campaign around? Not likely, IMO.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Republican money spent for the Iowa vote
Just Fred wrote:
Jeb has spent lots of money and that has not helped so now Barbara Bush is going to campaign with him. Is that going to turn his campaign around?
No. Once you reach a certain age, it's not such a hot idea to have mom jump in to try to straighten things out when you find yourself going down the tube.
I dunno . . . She's been pretty helpful so far:
Barbara Bush on Son Jeb in 2016: ‘We’ve Had Enough Bushes’
After having a husband and a son in the White House, Barbara Bush said she did not miss “one darn thing” about life there. And she does not want another reason to go back, even if it means depriving the country of the “best-qualified man.”
On Thursday, Mrs. Bush, the former first lady and first mom, announced on the “Today” show that she does not want her son Jeb Bush to run for president.
“He’s by far the best-qualified man, but no. I really don’t,” Mrs. Bush told Matt Lauer when asked if she wanted to see Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, make a White House bid. “I think it’s a great country, there are a lot of great families, and it’s not just four families or whatever. There are other people out there that are very qualified, and we’ve had enough Bushes.”
Since before President George W. Bush left office, the political prospects of Jeb Bush have been a constant source of speculation in Republican circles. And it seems to always be Barbara Bush and former President George H.W. Bush who put a damper on the presidential rumors.
Ahead of the 2012 presidential campaign, the elder Mr. Bush told Larry King in 2010: “I think the bottom line is, he just doesn’t want to try, doesn’t want to do it.”
(In that same interview, Mrs. Bush said of Sarah Palin, who was also thought to be considering a 2012 bid: “I sat next to her once. Thought she was beautiful. And she’s very happy in Alaska, and I hope she’ll stay there.”)
Mrs. Bush joined the wife and daughters of George W. Bush on the “Today” show ahead of the dedication ceremony for the younger Mr. Bush’s library in Dallas.
“I don’t think he’ll run,” she said of Jeb Bush. “He’ll get all our enemies, half our friends.”
However, members of Jeb Bush’s own generation in the family are expressing a different preference.
In an interview with ABC News’s Diane Sawyer that was broadcast on Thursday morning former President George W. Bush had one piece of advice for his brother: “Run!”
Gee . . . Thanks mom & dad.
Your son Jeb! 
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Re: Republican money spent for the Iowa vote
Sounds like the Jebster might want to re-think inviting mom to the party.