Quentin Tarantino's prescience has been making the rounds:
Nate Silver agrees:
We pride ourselves on being skeptical of the conventional wisdom here at FiveThirtyEight…. But being skeptical is not the same thing as being a contrarian. There are plenty of times when the conventional wisdom is right. This is probably one of those times.
I was appalled by Bush's performance last night, even by Jeb-standards. He consumed only 24 more seconds of blather time than did Rand Paul, who was virtually invisible. For the most important two hours of his political life, he came overrehearsed and underwhelming. He can't really want this. If he does, no matter. The money will now seek safer refuge — and that's not a question of conventional wisdom; it's an inescapable fact.
At least we won't have to endure another Clinton-Bush contest.