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Feb 19 2015
Opinion
OPINION: Jeb adds to the quotable-Bush canon
Jeb Bush was mere seconds into his speech Wednesday informing the world that he’s his “own man,” and not his brother or his dad, when he did something reminiscent of both. He flubbed his line.
Dana Milbank
May 21 2015
News
Jeb Bush blames Iraq unrest on Obama
Following a rough week, Jeb Bush on Wednesday tried to aim the spotlight away from the decision to go into Iraq and focused it instead on President Barack Obama, sharply criticizing his decision to pull U.S. forces out of the country.
The former Florida governor, appearing at a business roundtable here, also called for a strategy to "take out" ISIS but did not go into specifics. He
CNN Digital
May 12 2015
News
Jeb Bush: People can be ‘persuaded’ on immigration
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he thinks people can be “persuaded” on the issue of immigration and questioned whether people want to elect a president who will simply “bend with the wind.”
“I’ve been traveling over the last three months, and I get a sense that a lot of people can be persuaded, to be honest with you,” he said in an interview that aired Monday evening on Fox News’ “The
Washington Times
Jan 24 2015
News
Jeb Bush Sounds Sympathetic Note for Immigrants
In a sweeping speech that leaned heavily on economic policy, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida on Friday described immigrants as the “engine of economic vitality” before calling for a more welcoming immigration policy that could put him at odds with some in the more conservative wing of his party.
“We need to find a path to legalized status for those who have come here and have languished
New York Times (News)
Dec 16 2014
News
Jeb Bush to ‘Actively Explore’ Run for President
Jeb Bush will “actively explore the possibility of running for president” in 2016, according to an announcement the former Florida governor posted to his Facebook page Tuesday morning.
Mr. Bush, whose father and brother served as president, is the first Republican to formally explore a 2016 candidacy. More than a dozen others are publicly weighing whether to seek the White House.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Nov 22 2014
News
Jeb Bush Not Backing Down on Common Core
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a potential 2016 Republican presidential contender, is doubling down on his support for the Common Core education standards, despite the objections of many conservatives.
“In my view, the rigor of the Common Core State Standards must be the new minimum in classrooms,” Bush said Thursday in the keynote speech at the National Summit on Education Reform in
The Blaze
Oct 25 2014
News
Jeb Bush talks 2016 run with donors
Jeb Bush was blitzed with questions Thursday about his presidential ambitions in a private session with top South Carolina donors and business leaders, multiple sources at the meeting told CNN. Bush was politely non-committal, as he is in public, but said he was seriously considering the possibility and would make a decision after the holiday season. Bush, brother to one former president and
CNN Digital
Oct 29 2014
News
Jeb Bush Slams Obama On Ebola Response
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama's initial handling of the Ebola crisis as "incompetent," saying it gave rise to unneeded fears among the American public about the virus.
Bush, who is the latest potential Republican presidential candidate to attack the president over Ebola, also said in a wide-ranging discussion at Vanderbilt University that he
HuffPost
Feb 18 2015
News
Inside Jeb Bush's ‘shock and awe’ launch
While Bush avoided the spotlight last year, aides were making a plan.
Politico
Jul 21 2015
News
Jeb Bush Is Meaner Than He Looks
Like father, like son—or perhaps it’s the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Whatever cliché you prefer, one of the useful things about dynasties is that patterns emerge over time. With the Clintons, for instance, we know to pay attention to every modifying word and each verb tense they use (the meaning of “is” and such). The whole truth usually has to be dragged out of them—or discovered
Politico