Mr. Bush, a former Florida governor and likely presidential candidate, was born in Texas and hails from one of America’s most prominent political dynasties. But on at least one occasion, it appears he got carried away with his appeal to Spanish-speaking voters and claimed he actually was Hi...
You then hear Trump say “I am very pro-choice” and proclaim that he thinksHillary Clintonwould do a good job inIrannegotiations. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asks he if identifies more as a Democrat or a Republican. Trump responds, “you'd be shocked if I said that, in many cases, I probab...
Bush hailed the 11th president (who served from 1845 to 1849) for a number of policy initiatives -- including an approach to tariffs that the contender for the 2016 Republican presidential seems to believe was "pretty extraordinary." But, as on so many issues of consequence, this Bush got ...
Jeb Bush listens before speaking in Washington. More than a dozen potential Republican candidates are contemplating White House bids in 2016 in what’s sh... MORE By Daniel Strauss | January 5, 2015 9:47 a.m. 25 Start your day with TPM. Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter A...
In 2012, the Bush brand was still weak enough that Republican presidential candidates almost never mentioned his presidency indebates or speeches, opting instead to tie themselves to Ronald Reagan at every opportunity. When the topic turned to Bush, it was usually to highlight their differences —...
“The presidential will be in my view a very tough race. I would think that a Jeb Bush and a Rob Portman – just as a hypothetical – would be a strong ticket for them,” former Clinton White House political director Harold Ickestold reporterslast month. “Can a Democrat win the White...
No President, Democrat or Republican, openly invites such criminals or dangerous individuals into the country. To believe otherwise is to demonstrate pure incognizanse. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” ...
Bush took his name out of consideration in the lead-up to the 2012 Republican presidential primary. He has kept his name in the mix this year, however, and people close to him say he is considering the prospect of a White House campaign much more closely than before...
Jeb Bush has long been considered a potential candidate for the Republican Party in the 2016 election, when Obama – a Democrat – will near the end of his second and final term. The former Florida governor is the son of George H.W. Bush, the 41st president, and the brother of Preside...
The exact design of the strategy remains fluid as Bush approaches an announcement of his intention to run for the Republican nomination in 2016. But at its center is the idea of placing Right to Rise in charge of the brunt of the biggest expense of electing Bush: television advertising and ...