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Ryan RayMarch 8, 2015

Amid a great deal of noise currently being made about the environment in Florida – from Amendment 1’s sweeping mandates on land and water preservation funding to reports that Gov. Rick Scott has outlawed any official discussion about climate change – one player not getting much burn in that arena these days is Jeb Bush. That’s strange, […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 23, 2015

In the summer and fall of this past year, Columba Bush wrestled with the question all of America is asking now: Will her husband — former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — run for president in 2016? And if so, would she support him? As a member of an American political dynasty, Columba faced a dilemma […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 18, 2015

Jeb Bush, leading up to a possible 2016 presidential run, insists he will be his own man, with foreign policy views unlike that of his father and brother. Nevertheless, The Washington Post reports that the former Florida governor gets many of his concepts from more than 20 advisers, many who worked for Presidents George H. […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 18, 2015

Jeb Bush, leading up to a possible 2016 presidential run, insists he will be his own man, with foreign policy views unlike that of his father and brother. Nevertheless, The Washington Post reports that the former Florida governor gets many of his concepts from more than 20 advisers, many who worked for Presidents George H. […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 17, 2015

America’s undocumented immigrants aren’t political footballs, or soccer balls. But they keep getting thrown out of bounds and kicked to the sidelines. The latest blow was delivered by Texas federal Judge Andrew Hanen, the 2002 George W. Bush judicial appointee who in 2013 infamously advised the Homeland Security Department to start arresting undocumented parents trying […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2015

Jeb Bush took to his Facebook page on Tuesday to denounce the executive actions Barack Obama took last November that were rebuked by a Texas judge (appointed by George W. Bush, when he was governor) Monday night. He wrote: Last year, the president overstepped his executive authority and, in turn, hurt the effort toward a […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2015

Jeb Bush took to his Facebook page on Tuesday to denounce the executive actions Barack Obama took last November that were rebuked by a Texas judge (appointed by George W. Bush, when he was governor) Monday night. He wrote: Last year, the president overstepped his executive authority and, in turn, hurt the effort toward a […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 10, 2015

Jeb Bush’s New York City tonight fundraiser is big. How big? The invite to meet the prospective 2016 presidential candidate does not list contribution levels. The event, scheduled for tonight at the Park Avenue home of Henry and Marie-Josée Kravis, is the second fundraiser held by GOP mega-donors in about a month. KKR, Kravis’ leveraged […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 5, 2015

Jeb Bush stepped through the public-policy looking glass this week, sharing his inside-out “new vision” for America, where undeniable facts slip through the cracks and fall harmlessly by the wayside of his 2016 presidential ambition. Posing as some sort of newfangled conservative populist, Bush stepped up to the podium to address the Detroit Economic Club […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 27, 2015

Earlier this month, I took a look at where Florida fit in the pantheon of battleground states. This one is more a primer on the state heading into 2016 in terms of the keys to past Democratic and Republican wins since 2000. Like the last piece, this one aggregates data. This time I use county […]

Tag: George W. Bush

Good read from Politico — Jeb in the ‘glades

Columba Bush supports, and wary of, a Jeb Bush White House run

Jeb Bush is ‘own man’ on foreign policy, helped by advisers to father, brother

Jeb Bush is 'own man' on foreign policy, helped by advisers to father, brother

Daniel Tilson: Judge's ruling kicks immigrants to the sidelines – again

Jeb Bush says President Obama “overstepped” on immigration executive action

Jeb Bush says President Obama "overstepped" on immigration executive action

Jeb Bush makes fundraising inroads in Chris Christie home turf

Daniel Tilson: Jeb Bush in Motown: Hypocrite of the week

Steven Schale: 2016 Florida outlook has bright spots for Dems and GOP