Excellent article.

The point that stands out to me is how profoundly undemocratic Jeb Bush's strategy was. It wasn't based on building the support of voters or running a campaign based on ideas and principles or even plain competency. It wasn't even based on buying the election with a lot of advertising dollars. It was just based on the idea that he could just tie up all the money and deny anyone else a chance to compete.

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"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

It didn't even feel like he was running a campaign. He was unenthusiastic at the debates, his rallies were few and far between and devoid of any enthusiasm, he really just spent a ton of money on ads and figured he'd win the primary based on name alone. Pretty pathetic.

Pathetic, yes, but as the article notes, it's a strategy that's worked in the past and will probably work again. That's how we get political "dynasties." It's not like Hillary or W or Mitt or eventually Chelsea got achieved their political success on their own merits.

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"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."