At this point, Jeb!'s got nothing left but his family name

Get this—Jeb! Bush, once his "own man," is now clinging to the family dynasty to save his flailing presidential bid from going under. Alex Isenstadt reports:

Starting next month, Bush’s campaign will deploy hundreds of his brother and father’s former White House aides to early primary states to assist in canvassing and get-out-the-vote efforts. The plan, which has been hashed out in private emails and phone calls for months, is taking on new urgency as the primary season grows closer.

In a conference call last Friday with Bush alumni, Sally Bradshaw, Bush’s longtime senior adviser, delivered an upbeat assessment of the campaign’s progress, while Josh Bolten, George W. Bush’s former White House chief of staff, pumped up Jeb Bush as the right leader for the times. The message, according to one person on the call: We need you.

Hey, any port in a storm. Amiright?