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.”