No longer patient, Bush backers fret about sluggish campaign

For months, Jeb Bush’s campaign insisted it was too early.

Too early to worry about the Republican presidential candidate’s sluggish poll numbers. Too early to fret over the rise of unorthodox candidates like Donald Trump and Ben Carson. Too early to question if the one-time front-runner is merely a pedestrian candidate.

But now there are just over three months until primary voting gets underway. With Bush still mired in the middle of the crowded GOP field, some supporters fear it could soon be too late.

On Friday, Bush signaled to supporters that he understood the need to make a change.

Faced with slower fundraising, the campaign announced sweeping spending cuts that will deplete staff at its Miami headquarters.