Time To Stop Treating Jeb As A Serious Candidate As He Dips to 7 Percent In Iowa Poll

A Monmouth Poll released on Monday July 20, 2015, finds Jeb  is polling just 7 percent with likely Iowa Republican caucus voters. At 7 percent support, jeb is in a distant fourth place, tied with Texas' ididiot Ted Cruz. Jeb trails Wisconsin's moron Scott Walker (22 percent), lunatic Donald Trump (13 percent) and wack-job Ben Carson (8 percent).

While Jeb’s fourth place standing should be concerning enough for his campaign, it may understate how much trouble the reptile faces ahead in Iowa. Of the 17 Republican candidates polled, Jeb is one of only 5 who are viewed unfavorably by Iowa Republicans.

The other Republican cabal candidates who Iowa Republicans dislike are former New York's loon George Pataki, Virginia's cazy Jim Gilmore, South Carolina's insane Lindsey Graham, and New Jersey's buffoon Chris Christie. With the possible exception of Chris Christie, none of those individuals are viewed by the media as having any chance whatsoever of winning the Republican nomination, much less a general election.

Just 6 percent of Iowa Republican caucus voters rate Jeb as their second choice, meaning that even if one of the current leaders fades, Jeb is unlikely to be the candidate who benefits. Iowa Republicans are more likely to support  batshit Ted Cruz, Florida's pendejo Marco Rubio or even Lousiana's clown Bobby Jindal as their back up choice, before they would be willing to back Jeb.

Jeb’s national standing with Republican voters is not quite as dismal as his position is with Iowa Republicans. Nationally, Jeb has a lukewarm 50 percent favorable to 30 percent unfavorable rating with Republican cabal voters. In Iowa, he is underwater with just 40 percent of Republicans rating him favorably to 42 percent who view him negatively.

Nevertheless, if Jeb flounders out of the gate and finishes outside the top three candidates in Iowa, his already flimsy support nationally may evaporate further. Ambivalent Jeb supporters will undoubtedly jump onto the bandwagons of other candidates who have more momentum and who speak passionately on the issues that mobilize wingnuts.

The media has long treated Jeb like the implicit front-runner in the Republican race, or at the very least, they have lumped him in with the top two or three “serious candidates.” However, as Jeb continues to hemorrhage support in Iowa, it may be time to re-evaluate the tendency to view Jeb as a serious candidate. Based on the polling numbers in Iowa, Jeb is looking more and more like a fringe candidate whose family name can’t save him from sinking into irrelevancy.