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Bush Announces He’s Exploring a Presidential Bid

December 16, 2014 at 10:39 am EST By Taegan Goddard 20 Comments

Jeb Bush announced on Facebook that he has “decided to actively explore the possibility of running for President of the United States.”

[speech_bubble type=”std” subtype=”a” icon=”pwdome.jpg” name=””]This announcement puts enormous pressure on Chris Christie to make his decision while essentially freezing those Republicans who have urged Mitt Romney to run again. [/speech_bubble]

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush

Bush, Romney Lead GOP Presidential Field

December 16, 2014 at 10:27 am EST By Taegan Goddard 11 Comments

“Jeb Bush, who’s seriously considering a 2016 presidential bid, has sprinted to the front of the Republican field in a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. Former GOP nominee Mitt Romney remains on top, with Bush, a former Florida governor, a close second. Take away Romney, and Bush leads the field.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney

Does Bush Freeze Out Romney and Rubio?

December 15, 2014 at 9:50 am EST By Taegan Goddard 27 Comments

First Read: “After Jeb Bush’s news this weekend, we received a press release that supporters of Mitt Romney have created a Super PAC urging the 2012 GOP presidential nominee to make a run in ’16. This Super PAC sure feels like a response to Jeb, because if Jeb does get in, there won’t be as much pining for Romney, especially among the Republican Party’s wealthy donors. Here’s one more thing to consider: If Jeb is ultimately a “yes,” that probably also freezes out a bid by Marco Rubio, who’s a political disciple of Bush’s.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney

Bush Unofficially Kicks Off Campaign

December 15, 2014 at 5:55 am EST By Taegan Goddard 5 Comments

Jeb Bush’s decision “to release a policy-laden e-book and all his e-mails from his time as governor of Florida has further stoked expectations among his allies that he will launch a presidential bid,” the Washington Post reports.

“Bush announced the moves in an expansive interview that aired Sunday on a Miami television station. He mused about the kind of campaign he would run and addressed his views on immigration and education reform that rile parts of the GOP base. At several points in the ­interview, Bush sounded like a candidate-in-waiting.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush

Bush Will Release Emails

December 14, 2014 at 7:45 am EST By Taegan Goddard 10 Comments

Jeb Bush said he’s going to release about 250,000 emails from his time in office, Politico reports.

“The move seems designed to get ahead of opposition researchers poring through his time in office — the Democratic research super PAC American Bridge already has started digging in on the candidates — but also to contrast with people like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, both of whom have been accused of creating a fog of secrecy in their government offices.”

“Unlike Christie and Clinton, Bush’s document trove is fairly dated — he was in office from 1999 to 2007. But the idea…is to create ‘transparency.’ Bush was known as an active emailer while in office, often responding to queries himself.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush

More Hints That Jeb Bush Will Run

December 13, 2014 at 9:20 am EST By Taegan Goddard 11 Comments

“Jeb Bush and his emissaries are sending increasingly strong signals that the former Florida governor is gearing up for a 2016 presidential campaign, with associates saying he could announce his intentions within a month,” the Washington Post reports.

“Bush recently e-mailed major Republican donors asking them to, as several of them put it, ‘keep your powder dry.’ His allies are urging would-be bundlers not to commit to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie or other potential rivals. Bush’s top strategist, Mike Murphy, has also been telling potential campaign staffers not to sign up to work for another candidate and to expect Bush’s announcement soon.”

“Out of public office for eight years, Bush has a thicket of business interests — including massive overseas investment funds — that he is working to untangle himself from before a campaign begins.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush Gears Up for 2016

December 12, 2014 at 3:10 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments

New York Times: “In the past few weeks, Mr. Bush has moved toward a run for the White House. His family’s resistance has receded. His advisers are seeking staff. And the former governor is even slimming down, shedding about 15 pounds thanks to frequent swimming and personal training sessions after a knee operation last year.”

“But before pursuing the presidency, Mr. Bush is grappling with the central question of whether he can prevail in a grueling primary battle without shifting his positions or altering his persona to satisfy his party’s hard-liners. In conversations with donors, friends and advisers, he is discussing whether he can navigate, and avoid being tripped up by, the conservative Republican base.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush Has a Mitt Romney Problem

December 11, 2014 at 7:02 am EST By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments

Businessweek reports that Jeb Bush’s recent business ventures “reveal that he shares a number of liabilities with the last nominee, Mitt Romney, whose career in private equity proved so politically damaging that it sunk his candidacy.”

“Documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 27 list Bush as chairman and manager of a new offshore private equity fund, BH Global Aviation, which raised $61 million in September, largely from foreign ­investors. In November the fund ­incorporated in the United Kingdom and Wales­—a ­structure, several independent finance lawyers say, that operates like a tax haven by allowing overseas investors to avoid U.S. taxes and regulations.”

[speech_bubble type=”std” subtype=”a” icon=”pwdome.jpg” name=””]Interestingly, many establishment Republicans just don’t understand why this is a problem. [/speech_bubble]

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney

Barbara Bush Is Now On Board for 2016

December 9, 2014 at 8:50 am EST By Taegan Goddard 14 Comments

Neil Bush told Bloomberg that he thinks his mother has “come around” on the idea of brother Jeb Bush running for president in 2016.

[speech_bubble type=”std” subtype=”a” icon=”pwdome.jpg” name=””]The Bush camp has done their best to undo the damage of his mother’s comments earlier this year. [/speech_bubble]

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Barbara Bush, Jeb Bush, Neil Bush

Quote of the Day

December 6, 2014 at 2:44 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 6 Comments

“I have no clue where his head is now. By the way, people say: ‘Convince your brother to run.’ You can’t convince him to run – only he can make the decision. And pushing him doesn’t help, by the way.”

— Former President George W. Bush, in a CNN interview.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: George W. Bush, Jeb Bush

Bush Trying to Line Up Staff in New Hampshire

December 4, 2014 at 12:50 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 54 Comments

“Two top New Hampshire Republican strategists have been contacted this week by a Jeb Bush confidant to discuss their interest in leading the former Florida governor’s prospective presidential campaign there,” according to RealClearPolitics.

“The new outreach from Bush’s camp was directed at a pair of experienced and well-respected New Hampshire GOP operatives, each of whom has previously helmed presidential campaigns in the state. Both were given the proverbial instruction to ‘keep your powder dry,’ suggesting that Bush is leaning toward entering the race early next year.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush

Paul Says Bush Wrong About GOP

December 3, 2014 at 9:11 am EST By Taegan Goddard 16 Comments

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took a shot at Jeb Bush (R) saying that he doesn’t understand the Republican party, The Hill reports.

Said Paul: “I think your first mistake is when you talk about conservatives in the third person. If you don’t consider that it’s a ‘we’ rather than ‘them,’ you really miss what’s going on in the Republican Party. We are a conservative party. As a conservative, I can’t understand really even referring to conservatives in the third person.”

Paul also indicated he would make a decision about running for president “in the March-April timeframe.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush, Rand Paul

Quote of the Day

December 2, 2014 at 8:09 am EST By Taegan Goddard 7 Comments

“And perhaps more important, can I do it where the sacrifice for my family is tolerable? Every person that runs for office at any level — it’s a big sacrifice because it’s a pretty ugly business right now.”

— Jeb Bush, quoted by Bloomberg, on running for president.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush

Bush Pledges Not to Pander to Conservatives

December 2, 2014 at 7:01 am EST By Taegan Goddard 10 Comments

Jeb Bush said that if he runs for president in 2016, he will not pander to his party’s conservative base in the primaries, the New York Times reports.

Said Bush: “Lose the primary to win the general without violating your principles. It’s not an easy task to be honest with you.”

He added that he would make a decision about the 2016 race “in short order.”

[speech_bubble type=”std” subtype=”a” icon=”pwdome.jpg” name=””]Bush wants to run on his own terms but the reality of GOP primaries may not let him. [/speech_bubble]

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush

No Clinton or Bush in 2016?

November 29, 2014 at 9:53 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 63 Comments

Steve Rose: “Charlie Cook, one of the most respected political experts in the country, believes Hillary Clinton has only a 25-30 percent chance of running for president, and in any case he thinks she is either ‘rusty’ or ‘she has lost her fastball.’ He bases that on her disastrous book tour, in which she said some very inappropriate things and also did not sell many books.”

“The author of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report newsletter for almost 30 years also disappointed a local audience when he did not give Jeb Bush much of a chance of gaining the Republican nomination… He expects the next Republican nominee to be either a tea party Senator or a governor from the Midwest. He wouldn’t predict beyond that.”

[speech_bubble type=”std” subtype=”a” icon=”pwdome.jpg” name=””]If you look at Hillary Clinton’s favorable ratings, it’s not unreasonable to think she might be hesitant. [/speech_bubble]

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush

The Strongest GOP Ticket?

November 22, 2014 at 9:29 am EST By Taegan Goddard 86 Comments

Longtime Clinton adviser Harold Ickes said a Republican presidential ticket of Jeb Bush and Sen. Rob Portman would be tough for Democrats to beat in 2016, the Daily Beast reports.

“A Bush-Portman ticket could doom Democrats in Bush’s native Florida and in Portman’s Ohio… and Bush’s Hispanic support would make Colorado a difficult lift as well.”

Said Ickes: “Bush has what appears to be very strong credentials with Hispanics. I’m told he speaks Spanish at home, and I’m told that he actually thinks in Spanish.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Harold Ickes, Jeb Bush, Rob Portman

What Will Jeb Do?

November 18, 2014 at 3:13 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 32 Comments

Wall Street Journal: “The suspense will continue to build as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush arrives in Washington for his education think tank’s annual conference, his first major public appearance since the midterm elections marked the unofficial beginning of the 2016 election cycle. His keynote speech Thursday is expected to steer clear of presidential politics, though it will reinforce one of the trickiest challenges he would face as a candidate—his support for national academic standards known as Common Core.”

“Meantime, Republican donors are watching and waiting for a verdict that will shape the wide-open race like few other early developments.”

“Mr. Bush has said he would make up his mind by the end of the year. If he runs, he is poised to sweep significant money off the playing field from big GOP donors whose loyalty to the Bush family dates back decades.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Jeb Bush

Bonus Quote of the Day

November 13, 2014 at 9:36 am EST By Taegan Goddard 10 Comments

“Bill and I are going to have to have some interesting things to talk about. Look, I’ll still like him when Jeb beats Hillary.”

— Former President George W. Bush, quoted by Business Insider, on his brother’s potential 2016 presidential campaign.

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush

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