WASHINGTON ¨C For much of the 2016 Republican primary, conventional wisdom has had it that former President George W. Bush is something of a liability to his brother Jeb¡¯s struggling campaign.
But for at least one top Republican in South Carolina¡ªthe state that holds the American South¡¯s premier presidential nominating contest and only early state that has never dealt a primary defeat to a member of the Bush family ¡ª the 43rd president could be the party establishment¡¯s answer to stop front-runner Donald Trump in his tracks.
¡°The game changer is: Will 43 engage?¡± Katon Dawson, a former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, said in an interview about the former president, who was the nation¡¯s 43rd commander-in-chief. ¡°If 43 engages, it will matter for his brother, but, really, it will matter for the entire team.¡±
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