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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) —
His new campaign slogan tested in his home state of Florida, Jeb Bush is pushing his "Jeb Can Fix It" presidential campaign tour into early voting South Carolina and New Hampshire to re-introduce himself as the lone Republican who can right what's wrong with Washington.
But the pithy slogan could apply as much to his effort to steady the campaign as it does to his sense of confidence about handling the nation's problems.
"This is not about big personalities on the stage. It's not about talking. It's about doing," the two-term Republican Florida governor told supporters in Jacksonville, the last of three stops on Monday. He will hold a town hall in Lexington, South Carolina, Tuesday before embarking on a three-day bus tour throughout New Hampshire.
The remarks, repeated earlier in Tampa and Orlando, were obvious jabs at rivals Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, and a nod to his flat performance in the debate last week in Colorado.
Bush's reset comes as a populist surge has propelled the outsider campaigns of bombastic developer Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson — and created an opportunity for Rubio, a freshman senator from Florida and former Bush protege, to make his appeal to the party establishment.
Bush and Rubio spent Monday jockeying for establishment credentials. Bush announced the backing of soon-to-be Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran, who was chief of staff to Rubio when he was speaker. Rubio countered with an endorsement from U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, who took a veiled swipe at the Bush legacy by saying the nation needs a "new generation" of leaders.
What seemed last summer like the right slogan to carry Bush into the final three months of the pre-primary campaign now has an off-key ring, underscored by a cascade of criticism in online forums, including Twitter.
Even in his home state of Florida, Bush has a steep climb. Statewide polls show Trump leading the large GOP field, with Carson and Rubio ahead of Bush.
Surrounded Monday by friends and former colleagues, Bush delivered a morning speech in Tampa that amounted to re-declaring his candidacy, without changing his message or significantly altering his campaign strategy. Bush recently announced an across-the-board cut in salaries to protect his available campaign cash for the final charge into Iowa.
"But let me be clear: I'm not stepping into the role of 'angry agitator' that they have created for us, because it's not what's in my heart," Bush said, a nod to the frustration Trump has stoked.
Bush is making some tactical changes, such as spending more sustained time in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
But the message does not appear to be changing. Nor does Bush's dry, matter-of-fact, and at times self-deprecating delivery.
No need to change, said Will Bissette, a 75-year-old Tampa real estate investor who was among the 200 or so in the auditorium.
"It's still early," said Bissette. "Jeb's recognizing what he needs to do."
Todd Josko, a 47-year-old communications consultant from Tampa, said people will look back on Monday, "as the day the campaign turned around."
In a show of quiet confidence more hidden in recent weeks, Bush assured his audience he had the stomach for the fight.
"I'm running this campaign on my own terms. And let me tell you something, when the dust clears and the delegates are counted, we're going to win this campaign," Bush said, igniting cheers and chants throughout the audience: "Jeb! Jeb! Jeb!"
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —
The only pot-related question on any state ballot this year is in Ohio, where voters were deciding Tuesday whether to legalize marijuana for recreational and medical use in a single stroke.
If it passes, Ohio would become the fifth state to legalize recreational marijuana and would hand over exclusive rights in the state's pot business to a limited circle of private investors that include some famous names.
The proposed constitutional amendment, known as Issue 3, would allow adults 21 and older to grow, possess and use pot while making it available for medical use. Ohioans would be able to buy marijuana, pot-infused candies and other related products from potentially 1,100-plus retail stores.
Home-growers would be limited to four flowering marijuana plants and 8 ounces of usable marijuana at a given time for personal use.
Pot sold commercially would have to come from 10 authorized growing sites that are already spoken for. Those facilities have attracted some famous investors, including basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson, former boy band star Nick Lachey, fashion designer Nanette Lepore and Woody Taft, a descendant of President William Howard Taft.
The pro-legalization ResponsibleOhio campaign has spent at least $12 million on ads. It has faced opposition from a well-organized, diverse coalition of opponents that includes children's hospitals, business organizations and farmers.
Critics say the proposal's arrangement would amount to an economic monopoly designed for personal gain.
That has led to a second question on Tuesday's ballot intended to nullify marijuana legalization: State legislators placed an initiative that seeks to ban monopolies from Ohio's constitution.
If the marijuana question passes and monopolies are banned, a court will likely decide the issue.
Turnout was expected to be low as early presidential politicking largely overshadowed campaigns and exacerbated voter disinterest that generally accompanies an off-year election.
At an elementary school in the northern Cincinnati suburb of West Chester, Beth Zielenski, said she voted no on the marijuana question. The mother of one from West Chester cited concerns about how marijuana and edible pot products would be regulated.
Timothy Shearer, 47, said he voted for the initiative. "I don't think it will cause more problems," he said.
Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska, along with the District of Columbia, have legalized recreational marijuana.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Chipotle closed 43 of its Pacific Northwest locations in response to an E. coli outbreak that health officials have connected to the Mexican food chain.
About two dozen people have fallen ill, and more were being tested. At least one lawsuit has been filed by a woman who says she got sick after eating a burrito bowl at a Chipotle in Vancouver, Washington, on Oct. 21.
Here are some things to know about the outbreak:
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WHAT'S BEING DONE TO FIND THE SOURCE?
The investigation began this past weekend. Health officials in Washington state and Oregon have been interviewing the 22 people with a confirmed case of E. coli to find out what they ate. Their blood is being tested to identify the exact strain of the illness.
Two people do not believe they ate at Chipotle at all during the past few weeks. They may help provide clues about where the E. coli came from or they could be mistaken, health officials have said.
Food from the affected Chipotle stores also is being tested. Health officials believe the culprit will likely be fresh food such as lettuce or tomatoes, but they won't know for sure until the testing and interviewing is complete.
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COULD PEOPLE GET SICK FROM EATING SOMEWHERE ELSE?
It's possible all the people who have gotten sick have something else in common, other than Chipotle. It's also possible the full extent of the outbreak has not been discovered.
Dr. Scott Lindquist, Washington state epidemiologist, says he's keeping an open mind about the reach of the outbreak but is hopeful officials have stopped the spread of the illness by closing Chipotle restaurants in Washington state and the Portland, Oregon, area.
If the illness is traced to a food supplier, the business may be sending its products to other restaurants or grocery stores. Health officials will not know for sure until they find the source of the E. coli.
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HAVE OTHER FOOD-BASED HEALTH PROBLEMS BEEN TIED TO CHIPOTLE?
The chain faced a salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes that sickened dozens of people in Minnesota beginning in August. In California, health workers said norovirus sickened nearly 100 customers and employees at a Chipotle restaurant in Simi Valley in mid-August.
Bill Marler, a Seattle food safety lawyer, says three problems within a couple of months means Chipotle isn't paying enough attention to food safety.
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WILL CHIPOTLE BE CLOSING MORE RESTAURANTS?
So far, the outbreak appears limited to Washington state and Oregon. Chipotle says there is no evidence of a link to other locations, so it won't be closing any more restaurants.
The company says it has 1,931 locations, and each restaurant brings in about $2.5 million in revenue a year on average. Chipotle's stock fell 2.5 percent to close at $624 on Monday.
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WHAT IS E. COLI AND HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE IT?
There are hundreds of E. coli and similar bacteria strains in the intestines of humans. Most are harmless, but a few can cause serious problems.
Symptoms of E. coli infection include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting. Health officials say the best defense against the bacterial illness is to thoroughly wash hands with soap and water.
Marisa D'Angeli, medical epidemiologist with the Washington State Department of Health, encourages anyone who has been sick with intestinal symptoms and has eaten at Chipotle since mid-October to go to the doctor and get tested.
She also said anyone with bloody diarrhea should go to the doctor whether they have eaten at Chipotle or not.