Jeb Bush is spending hours in sessions from Florida to Maine preparing policy answers for Thursday’s first Republican debate, but he is also being mindful to avert any display of disdain for the man he will stand beside, Donald Trump, who has infuriated Bush by criticizing Mexican immigrants. (Bush is married to one.)
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin is crafting one-minute answers and 30-second rebuttals in case Trump or others continue attacking him as a flip-flopper on Common Core education standards and as a weak jobs creator, testing lines in mock debates with advisers playing Trump and other candidates.