As noted below, last night’s candidate forum was low stakes. But Jeb Bush may have missed an opportunity when he was given a question about any need to differentiate himself from his presidential brother and father; he attempted to make a joke about a t-shirt available from his campaign and it just didn’t come out right:

I have a different view than my brother. My dad is probably the most perfect man alive. So it’s very hard for me to be critical of him. In fact, I got a t-shirt that says, uh, at the Jeb swag store, that says, I’m the, uh, I’m the, uh, ‘My dad’s the greatest man alive. If you don’t like it, I’ll take you outside.’

It was presumably meant to be a laugh line, but moderator just moved on to the next question. At the Jeb Bush campaign web site, there’s no link to the store. The store, at this point, only offers generic “JEB” paraphernalia.

At Dulles Airport last month, I saw a t-shirt showing the two former presidents and Jeb Bush, under the headline, “Buy Two, Get One Free.” I couldn’t tell whether it was meant to be pro- or anti-Jeb.