Headline Roundup • August 15th, 2015
Jeb: Insider or Outsider
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Washington Times
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Friday pitched himself as the most conservative governor in the history of Florida, saying his record of success is something people yearn for in a Washington, D.C., culture that has not yet “contaminated” him.
“I was the most conservative governor in the state’s history, but I had a reformer’s heart,” Mr. Bush said, speaking at the Des Moines Register political soapbox at the Iowa State Fair. “We cut taxes every year totaling $19 billion. We reduced the state government workforce by 13,000. In fact,...
Wall Street Journal (News)
At 62 years old, Jeb Bush is still willing to test his fastball. While gripping a baseball at the Iowa State Fair, the former Florida governor announced a goal of 50 mph. As he whizzed the ball through a canyon of inflated prizes, the radar gun spoke the truth: 44 mph. He tried again: 47.
Whether Mr. Bush can bring the heat to his Republican presidential campaign is a nagging question that now hangs over his candidacy. In Iowa, recent polls sh
When Jeb Bush stepped up onto the fabled soapbox at the Iowa State Fair on Friday, fairgoers pelted him with questions about the legacy of His Brother, a former president. And his father, another former president. And one of His foreign policy advisers, Paul D. Wolfowitz, the architect of His Brother's war in Iraq. And about the war itself.
Under a blazing sun, Bush Expressed irritation With what I have called "the parlor game" of focusing on past Wolfowitz and other Bush administration advisers Who Have resurfaced for esta Bush...
