Tag: Jeb Bush

Former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe remarked during an appearance on ABC’s ‘This Week’ that Tea Party candidates in 2010 were “witches and defenders of rape.” Plouffe made his remarks during a panel discussion of how the Republican establishment was

College students prefer former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president over either Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) or former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in a poll conducted two years before the 2016 presidential campaign. A Panetta Institute survey found that Clinton

On Thursday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) praised pro-amnesty advocates like Haley Barbour, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, and John McCain as “enlightened Republicans” and slammed Breitbart News for opposing his amnesty agenda. After saying earlier in the week that George W.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s speech on Saturday to graduates of Grove City College in Pennsylvania may have been the first sign that he is developing an organization for a potential 2016 presidential run. His speech may have also given some

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey–A day after Governor Chris Christie claimed that he did not believe the George Washington Bridge scandal would affect his political future, former campaign manager Bill Stepien’s attorney demanded that Christie’s office correct alleged misstatements in the

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she hoped that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush runs for president in 2016. “I think Jeb would be fantastic,” Rice said. “Jeb hasn’t said whether he’ll run. He’s a friend. I hope he

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush courted Wall Street donors on Monday, saying that he could not understand amnesty opponents who made no sense to him.  According to the Tampa Bay Times, Bush addressed a Manhattan Institute crowd along with Rep.

Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said that it would be “stressful” if he and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush became competitors in the 2016 GOP presidential primary.   “It would be stressful because I consider Jeb a friend. And

Bill Clinton’s former press secretary, Mike McCurry, said Hillary Clinton may not run for president because she may not want to go through the grind of another campaign that will force her to court and glad-hand locals in the early

House Speaker John Boehner signaled support for former Florida Governor Jeb Bush to run for president during a press conference on Monday. Boehner made his remarks during a Q&A session with Texas Tribune at the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Boehner

Two years ago I crafted an updated set of English language arts standards based on the set I helped develop in Massachusetts in 1997. This set of standards, copyright-free and cost-free, has been available for districts and states to use

Donors who were set on funding Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s 2016 presidential campaign are now considering supporting former Florida Governor Jeb Bush as Bush has signaled more of an interest to run after Christie’s Bridgegate scandal. According to

As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ponders a potential presidential run in 2016, the enthusiasm with which veterans of his brother George W. Bush’s administration embrace the Bush brand may indicate whether his last name will be a liability.  Ed

Is there any wonder why the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and scores of elites from both political parties are ardent champions of both amnesty for illegal immigrants and the Common

The permanent political class and their donors think a Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton battle in 2016 would be a win-win scenario, and many Republican Wall Street donors would rather have Clinton in the White House than Sen. Ted Cruz

On Sunday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin reminded former Florida Governor Jeb Bush that no matter how much of an “act of love” he thinks illegal immigration is, it is still illegal. “I think that anybody who breaks a law

A mere parent or citizen–even a college professor who sees the effects of college unready freshmen every year–might lament that the new Indiana college- and career-ready draft standards are simply copied-and-pasted Common Core being sold by the political and educational

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s mother may not want him to run for president, but his father, former President George H.W. Bush, does. Neil Bush, Jeb Bush’s younger brother, told CNN on Thursday, “If you asked dad… should Jeb run, he’d say yes,”