Jeb Bush has bowed out of the 2016 Presidential race and formally ended his campaign for president last weekend.

Jeb Bush suspended his campaign for the 2016 Presidential race and acknowledged that the United States does not need a third Bush president.

"The people of Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina have spoken and I really respect their decision, so tonight I am suspending my campaign," Bush said.

Bush is a former Florida Governor and the son and brother of former presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. He was unable to place in the top three in the GOP South Carolina Primary. Donald Trump stood triumphant at the top, followed by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and then by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

Trump and his candidacy offered the people new ways to go about Obama's policies without using alternative solutions. Trump incessantly harped on Bush about his family, especially the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, where George W. Bush was president at that time. Bush has been cast in a bad light that painted him as a "cautious politician" that made him too soft for the race.

Bush placed sixth in Iowa and finished fourth in New Hampshire, but it became clear in the South Carolina polls that he is not ready for the term.

"I have had a front-row seat to this office for much of my adult life," Bush said in his presidential campaign suspension speech. "I have seen fallible men rise up to the challenges of our time, with humility, and clarity of purpose... to make our nation safer, stronger, and freer."

Watch the video below for his speech:

With him throwing in the towel, Sen. Rubio is now free to court Bush's benefactors.

"To me, the only logical one is either (Ohio Gov. John) Kasich or Rubio," said Al Hoffman, former finance chairman of the Republican National Committee who could not see himself voting for Trump. "And poor John, I don't think he has enough to win that battle, so I guess my default has to be Marco. That would be a tough one not to argue."

Another couple who had backed Bush said they are turning to Rubio as well. Another said that "mainstream Republicans" will probably pick Rubio as an alternative, seeing as he finished second in the SC polls.

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