MIAMI BEACH –Jeb Bush told donors here that he believed his political action committee had raised more money in 100 days than any Republican political operation in modern history, according to those who heard him.
The remark suggests that the so-called shock and awe financial effort underway by his team is meeting or exceeding its internal goals and will represent a formidable threat to his Republican rivals in the 2016 presidential contest. He offered no specific figure.
While Mr. Bush’s aides have done their utmost to tamp down expectations, the figure is expected to be in the high tens of millions of dollars. The figure does not comprise “hard dollars” – the type of capped donations he’ll raise in maximum $2700 chunks once he declares in the next two months – but his team has privately signaled plans to use the super PAC differently than it has typically been used
Unlike Ted Cruz, the Republican Senator from Texas who had four different families contribute to super PACs that will help him, Mr. Bush has gone about the fundraising for the Right to Rise super PAC in a traditional fashion. He’s held a staggering number of fundraising events since the beginning of the year.
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