On Monday night Mark joined Sean Hannity on Fox News to ponder the latest developments in a most unusual Republican nominating season. Jeb Bush is now telling audiences that, if people keep being mean to him, he doesn't want to play anymore. Afterwards he went back to Texas to have his spine stiffened by Mom and Dad and big brother and to calm the nerves of high-rolling donors. Here's what I said to Sean:
On "Hannity" tonight, Mark Steyn said that Jeb Bush's response to Donald Trump's attacks appeared to be a case of "whiny, rich boy petulance..."
He added that this goes to show how effectively Trump has destroyed Bush's strategy of being the moderate, donors' choice candidate.
"Trump has basically run rings around him all summer," Steyn said. "If he can't stand up to Trump, is he going to have to go back and see mommy and daddy when Putin's rude to him or when the Ayatollah Khamenei says, 'Death to Bush?'"
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~ As for that book of mine that Sean was kind enough to mention, that's my very latest - "A Disgrace to the Profession", the story of the 21st century's most famous graph and the damage it has done both to science and public policy. It's in its fifth printing, and highly relevant in these weeks before Obama, Merkel, Cameron, Hollande, Malcolm Turnbull, Boy Trudeau and the rest of the gang prepare to screw us over at the Paris climate conference. You can get it in paperback, but if you can't wait that long and need it in the next 45 seconds, it's available instantly in Kindle and Nook.
~Speaking of Fox, I'll be sharing the stage with Fox News All-Stars' ultimate all-star Charles Krauthammer this weekend at this year's New Orleans Investment Conference, which is always a lot of fun. Aside from our respective speeches, Charles and I will also be taking part in a rock-'em-sock-'em no-holds-barred panel on America's future. If you're way down yonder in New Orleans, hope to see you there.
