The ridiculous non-candidate charade
t might look like a duck and quack like a duck. But until it formally announces that it is a duck, don’t even think about calling it a duck, let alone holding it to any duck-related rules and regulations.
Such is the ridiculous state of our presidential non-campaign campaigns.
Take, for instance, Jeb Bush’s non-candidacy candidacy. Bush hasn’t held public office in more than eight years, but for some mysterious reason he recently hired a team of public policy advisers. He has delivered speeches and met with voters in key early primary and caucus states such as New Hampshire, Iowa and Nevada. He’s given interviews about everything from Social Security to gay marriage to National Security Agency surveillance. He has also reportedly raised something like $100 million for Right to Rise, the super PAC he founded.
Right to Rise is expected to politic in support of a to-be-determined presidential candidate whose name is widely rumored to rhyme with Shmeb Shmush. But alas, even as the money spigot gushes, no such candidate has materialized. Apparently Silicon Valley isn’t the only place where you can raise millions of dollars without actually having a product.
Right to Rise has no candidate to promote because Bush maintains that he can’t decide whether he wants to become the next Decider. Honest to goodness!
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