Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush wants to be president.
That’s according to his brother, former President George W. Bush, who recently encouraged him to enter the 2016 presidential race during a private conversation at an event honoring veterans.
“I think he wants to be president,” George W. Bush said in a Thursday interview on the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” adding that he doesn’t think his brother has made a final decision. “I think he’d be a great president. He understands what it’s like to be president, for not only the person running or serving, plus family. He’s seen his dad. He’s seen his brother.”
Much of the Republican establishment is encouraging Jeb Bush to enter the 2016 race, but his level of interest is unclear seven years after leaving the Florida governor’s mansion. Other potential Republican candidates have been far more active in national politics recently, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Rodham Clinton is the overwhelming front-runner should she enter the race.
“He’s a very thoughtful man and he’s weighing his options,” George W. Bush said of his brother.
(AP)
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not a good choice, all the dems would say “another bush in office, another war on the horizon”
One should remember that America has a republican form of government. (small “r”). It’s okay for Charles, and William, and Harry, and George to be going into the family business. It’s okay for hasidic rebbes to assume their descendants will inherit their leadership roles. It’s not so good for Jeb, and Hilliary, and Andy, and Rand, and whichever Kennedys are making political noises this years. There are plenty of people who have earned a right to seek public office, other than based on “yichus.”
Yeh sure. All we need is another RINO in there to gaurantee a Hillary landslide victory! Is this the same AP that YWN reported in an earlier article, claiming that Mittens Romney “must” run because no one else is interested? I like the way all these “left wing media machines” start giving eitza’s to the Republican Party on who should run for higher office. They are so concerned for us. How nice.