Tag Archives: Jeb Bush

It’s Semi-Official: Jeb Bush 2016

From his announcement: Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! Like many of you, our family was blessed with the opportunity to gather together over the recent Thanksgiving holiday. Columba and I are so proud of the wonderful adults our children have become, and we loved spending time with our three precious grandchildren. We shared good food and watched a whole lot …

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Jeb Bush: My Wife And Mother Are Now “Supportive” Of Possible Presidential Bid

A possible Bush III is looking more like a thing. Via Politico: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says his wife, Columba, who has been repeatedly described as skeptical of him pursuing the presidency in 2016, is “supportive” of the possibility. Bush made the comment in an interview with The Associated Press as he campaigned for his son, George P. Bush, …

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Tony Perkins: Jeb Bush And Chris Christie Were Not Invited To FRC Hate Summit

Perkins won’t say so, of course, but Bush wasn’t invited because he’s “soft” on immigration and Christie wasn’t invited because he dropped his same-sex marriage appeal to the New Jersey Supreme Court.

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Mark Fiore: Sheldon Adelson’s Menagerie

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Jeb Bush On 2016: I’m Still Thinking

“I don’t wake up each day saying, ‘What am I going to do today to make this decision?’ I’m deferring the decision to the right time, which is later this year. And the decision will be based on ‘can I do it joyfully’ because I think we need to have candidates lift our spirits. It’s a pretty pessimistic country right …

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Barbara Bush: Family Dynasties Should Not Dominate The White House

Barbara Bush appeared on C-SPAN yesterday to say that while she feels Jeb is the most qualified person to be president in 2016, the same three families (Kennedys, Clintons, Bushes) should not dominate American politics. “I think this is a great American country, great country, and if we can’t find more than two or three families to run for high …

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Jeb Bush: Immigrants Are More Fertile

Speaking at the Faith & Freedom Conference of wingnuts today, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pushed for immigration reform by declaring that immigrants are “more fertile” and therefore their larger families will help the economy grow. Bush is now getting flack from the right, who hates his support for immigration amnesty, and from some on the left, who found his …

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Barbara Bush Doesn’t Want Jeb To Run For President: “We’ve Had Enough Bushes”

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Jeb Bush: The GOP Can Survive If Conservatives Are Nicer About Marriage

“I know for a fact that as it relates to gay marriage and other social issues there is growing divergence of opinion on this. When we talk about it, we ought to talk about it with a different tone — and we ought to talk about it recognizing that there is more than one point of view, and we should …

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Jeb Bush 2016?

Via New York Times: When Senator Marco Rubio of Florida held a strategy session here to discuss his own political future last week, the question of Mr. Bush, a mentor, hung over the room; a decision by Mr. Bush, 59, to seek the Republican nomination would almost certainly halt any plans by Mr. Rubio, 41, to do so or abruptly …

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Push Push In The Bush Bush

George P. Bush, the grandson of Bush I, nephew of Bush II, and son of Jeb, has filed notice in Texas that he will run for office. His mother, Jeb’s wife, is an immigrant from Mexico and some in the GOP are already dangling George P. as the lifeline to the Hispanic vote they so desperately need. The younger Bush, …

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Jeb Bush (Sort Of ) Backs Gay Families

Jeb Bush says that while he opposes marriage equality personally, gay parents should be held up as examples to the community. “I don’t think people need to be discriminated against because they don’t share my belief on this, and if people love their children with all their heart and soul and that’s what they do and that’s how they organize …

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Jeb Bush Slams GOP

“Ronald Reagan would have, based on his record of finding accommodation, finding some degree of common ground, as would my dad — they would have a hard time if you define the Republican party — and I don’t — as having an orthodoxy that doesn’t allow for disagreement, doesn’t allow for finding some common ground. Back to my dad’s time …

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Jeb Bush Endorses Romney

CNN reports: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, whose endorsement has been highly-sought during the 2012 GOP primary contests, announced Wednesday he was backing presidential candidate Mitt Romney. In a statement, Bush congratulated Romney on his win in Illinois’s primary, held Tuesday, and said it was “time for Republicans to unite behind Governor Romney.”

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Jeb Bush To Obama: It’s Not Dubya’s Fault

“It’s kind of like a kid coming to school saying, ‘The dog ate my homework.’ It’s childish. This is what children do until they mature. They don’t accept responsibility. This would break his heart, to get advice that applies some of the lessons of leadership my brother learned, because he apparently likes to act like he’s still campaigning, and he …

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Family Research Council’s First President Headed Florida’s DCF Until The Year Before George Rekers Was Paid $120,000

In 2002 then Florida Gov. Jeb Bush appointed Jerry Regier, another Family Research Council co-founder and a buddy of George Rekers, to head the Department of Children and Families, the very agency now at the center of controversy over Rekers’ payment of $120,000 to testify in against allowing gay adoption. Shortly after Regier assumed the top post at DCF, the …

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Bush I: I’m All For A Bush III

On Fox News Sunday today, Bush I said he’s all for Jeb as Bush III some day. Bush/Palin 2012?

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Jeb Bush In The Senate?

Dubya’s brother Jeb is considering running for the U.S. Senate, but he may have to contend with the current Florida governor for that job. Two sources close to Jeb Bush, including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez …

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