The outburst left other campaigns aghast. As news spread, a strategist for one of Bush's rivals debated with friends whether Bush would be out of the race by Thanksgiving, or perhaps Christmas. "If they announced tomorrow that he was out, it wouldn't surprise me," the strategist said. "I don't know that he survives until New Hampshire."
As Bush huddled with supporters, plus the two Presidents Bush, in Houston Monday, political insiders marveled at how a campaign in such deep trouble could still be boasting of having the cash that will allow Bush to compete next March, even if he loses contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. Just last week, a top Bush strategist was suggesting that the campaign's money will ultimately overcome voter rejection.
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