Jeb Bush has put out a very effective anti-Trump ad, especially if you happen to live in Iowa. The issue is, whether it benefits Jeb Bush.
Here\’s the ad:
As you can see, other than a “Jeb” logo at the very end, Bush has issued a generic anti-Trump ad, showing he has been on both sides of major issues, he identifies significantly as a Democrat rather than a Republican, he has a warm spot in his heart for Hillary Clinton, and – very important, given the fact that it is the first primary state – he specifically separates himself from Iowans.
This, therefore, has the potential to be a very effective ad which might take Trump down a peg or two.
But since it offers nothing to promote Jeb Bush other than the visual of his logo, it benefits every one of his Republican opponents as much as it benefits him. And, on the negative side, it guaranteed Trump would fire back with an ad of his own (which he has already done).
Ironically, this could also work in Bush\’s favor – partly because, as the old adage goes, bad publicity is the next best thing to good publicity, and partly because the ad is so repulsively unfair to Bush (it suggests he considers illegal aliens who murder people to be loving people) that there could be a pro-Bush backlash.
But the greater likelihood is that Bush and Trump are hurting each other.
For which every other Republican hopeful owes them a debt of gratitude.
