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Sure Thing

Calvin Trillin

October 29, 2015

Republican presidential candidate, Jeb Bush.(AP Photo / John Locher)

June It’s all but decreed: Because of his breed, Jeb Bush is the steed Republicans need. This Bush guaranteed A fat-cat stampede. Most pundits agreed That soon we would read, “Jeb’s rivals concede.”

October Whatever he’d plead, Few voters would heed. His poll numbers skied Downhill with a speed He could not impede. Stuff happens, indeed.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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