Aides to Jeb Bush and the super PAC backing him are so freaked out and betrayed at Sen. Marco Rubio's rise in the Republican presidential polls and Bush's decline, they are setting aside up to $20 million to sink Rubio's campaign and previewing an attack add criticizing Bush's former protégé as too extreme on abortion to get elected president, report Maggie Haberman and Michael Barbaro at The New York Times, citing at least three people "privy to" discussions and preparations in the Bush camp. Bush and Rubio are facing off in a Republican debate on Tuesday, and given how poorly Bush's jab at Rubio went in the previous debate — Rubio was ready with a preplanned counterpunch — political Twitter is confused as to why Team Bush would be previewing another attack. Is this NYT Jeb story: a) trying to make donors ok with coming attacks or b) a message to Jeb about what it's going to take to beat Rubio? — Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) November 10, 2015 "Here's something you don't know about Marco Rubio.