A mind-bending new Quinnipiac University poll shows Jeb running fourth
among Republicans in Florida, behind Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Marco
Rubio.

For those of you too young, too old, or too new to the Sunshine State,
John Ellis Bush doesn’t just happen to reside in Florida. He was the
governor for eight years, elected and re-elected with the crossover
support of conservative Democrats.

His entire presidential campaign has been crafted around his self-buffed
legacy as Florida’s chief executive, touting it in every stump speech
and in every debate. Yet now, only 13 months before Election Day, he’s
mired in fourth place in the one state where it was supposed to be a
slam dunk. How is this possible?


Check out the latest numbers:

Trump leads the pack in Florida with 28 percent. Next comes Carson at 16
percent, followed by Rubio with 14 percent.

Jeb is hanging on at 12 percent.

It’s one thing to be trailing a silly character like Trump in places
like Iowa or New Hampshire, but to be 16 points down in a critical swing
state, your home state, is truly shocking.

Rubio’s a legit contender, but Carson is a loony bird who can’t go more
than a week without babbling something that requires a hasty
“clarification.” His recent comment suggesting that the victims of the
Oregon college massacre were too passive during the shootings was
particularly idiotic.

It’s astounding that Jeb is lagging behind even this guy in Florida.

From Carl Hiaasen, a columnist for the Miami Herald.