Fall of the house of Bush: how Jeb fell victim to hype, hysteria ... and himself

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/21/jeb-bush-marco-rubio-donald-trump
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The cracks in Jeb Bush’s candidacy for president surfaced before he formally entered the race.
It was meant to be like any other primetime appearance on Fox News: an opportunity for a son and brother of former presidents to tout his conservative credentials and record as a two-term governor of Florida. But on an evening in May, a month before he launched his campaign, Bush was confronted with the issue that defined his brother’s time in the White House.

“Knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion [of Iraq]?” host Megyn Kelly asked.

Bush stumbled, repeatedly, over a question for which he had had years to prepare. It would take four days for him to provide a definitive response: that, given the advantage of hindsight, he would not have invaded Iraq.

Nine months later, Bush suspended his presidential campaign in the state he had hoped would resurrect his fortunes. On Saturday, voters in South Carolina instead overwhelmingly chose Donald Trump, the businessman who a week before had blamed George W Bush for the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, and accused the former president of lying about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.