had he competition, john mccain gave him a run for his money but there was a sense in which the power of that establishment and than network income 2000 was much more powerful than the version of that for jeb bush in 2015. does that seem like the case to you? it does. there s no question. and one of the other things that jeb has to put up with is the dissipation factor. there are many more really serious talented candidates this time than there were in 2000. you know, one of the candidates we had who didn t do very well was pat buchanan. what did he do? he didn t just leave the debates. he left the party. that s another challenge for the party chairman is to keep everybody in the boat because it s going to be very important that we don t have one of these candidates do a third party candidacy in what will obviously be a very close election.
much more powerful than the version of that for jeb bush in 2015. does that seem like the case to you? it does. there s no question. and one of the other things that jeb has to put up with is the dissipation factor. there are many more really serious talented candidates this time than there were in 2000. you know, one of the candidates we had who didn t do very well was pat buchanan. what did he do? he didn t just leave the debates. he left the party. that s another challenge for the party chairman is to keep everybody in the boat because it s going to be very important that we don t have one of these candidates do a third party candidacy in what will obviously be a very close election. do you think that s a possibility? no, i don t have any reason to think that they will. in fact, i think he has them all committed to supporting the winner of the primary process
much more powerful than the version of that for jeb bush in 2015. does that seem like the case to you? it does. there s no question. and one of the other things that jeb has to put up with is the dissipation factor. there are many more really serious talented candidates this time than there were in 2000. you know, one of the candidates we had who didn t do very well was pat buchanan. what did he do? he didn t just leave the debates. he left the party. that s another challenge for the party chairman is to keep everybody in the boat because it s going to be very important that we don t have one of these candidates do a third party candidacy in what will obviously be a very close election. do you think that s a possibility? no, i don t have any reason to think that they will. in fact, i think he has them all committed to supporting the