Bush As Republicans' Savior Shows Party's Total Disarray

In a clear indication of how much trouble the Republican party is in with Donald Trump at the head of the ticket, it seems that they will be relying on former President George W. Bush to come in and help raise money for down-ballot Republicans. Apparently Donald Trump has no patience for the job of actually fund-raising for the Republican party and his own election campaign. Politico reports that Trump stopped after making just three of the 20 calls to big donors that were suggested by the RNC.

Now, Bush may not be as unpopular now as he was when he departed in 2009, but I’d hardly call him a unifying figure even for the Republican party.  While the big money donors may like him, there are parts of the conservative base that feel he betrayed their cause. And his appearance will be a reminder of the disastrous financial crisis that we are still digging out of eight year later. And, if Bush does raise his profile by fundraising and campaigning, I doubt that Trump himself will be able to resist continuing his prior attacks on Bush, calling him a “disaster”. Actually, the disaster is the Republican party and the emergence of G.W. Bush as a potential savior just make that even more striking.