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Ryan RayFebruary 11, 2015

The 2016 Republican presidential pre-primary hasn’t exactly been the most genteel affair, with Rand Paul and Marco Rubio trading barbs over Cuba and Mitt Romney experiencing a brief flash of rigor mortis before our eyes, but Jeb Bush has so far seen fit to show more velvet glove than iron fist, writes Michael C. Bender […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 11, 2015

“We were once an aspirational society.” These words were spoken at the table during a national board of directors meeting of an organization upon which I serve. We were deep in a discussion about the value of education to society and what it means to our country’s future, and the themes of aspiration, ambition, desire […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 10, 2015

An up-and-coming IT guy learned the hard way how old comments can come back to bite, especially in the era of rampant social media. Ethan Czahor, the brief Chief Technology Officer for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s Super PAC, has resigned from his almost-post after a series of lewd tweets were discovered on his Twitter […]

James CallFebruary 10, 2015

Jeb Bush brought a nascent presidential campaign — it’s in the “seriously-considering-a-potential-run” stage — Tuesday to Tallahassee. Florida’s former governor raised about $300,000 for his political action committee and basked in the adoration of supporters at an education summit. The fundraiser was sponsored by some of Tallahassee’s leading lobbying firms, as was the education summit […]

James CallFebruary 10, 2015

A big foot can make noise and Jeb Bush is starting to make noise. About 300 people attended a Right to Rise PAC fundraiser Tuesday, sponsored by some of Tallahassee’s leading lobbying firms and featuring the former Florida governor. Bush a nascent presidential candidate — he’s “seriously considering” — was enough to make the GOP’s […]

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 […]

Associated PressFebruary 10, 2015

Jeb Bush released a trove of emails from his time as Florida’s governor on Tuesday, a massive yet incomplete record selected to show the likely Republican presidential candidate as in touch with constituents and closely involved in his work as the state’s chief executive. The release, which came with the first chapter of an e-book […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 10, 2015

Governor Scott, Excuse my impertinence, but I’m talking to you. Today, a Quinnipiac poll shows that more Floridians disapprove of your performance as governor than approve of it, this despite the fact that you just spent $80 million burnishing your TV image and Floridians’ generally sunny outlook about the future of the Sunshine State. How […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 10, 2015

He’s baaaack…Jeb Bush in Tallahassee that is, and he’s taking the Florida political news cycle by storm. And a crowd of parents, teachers and concerned citizens was there, and in other cities statewide too, protesting Bush’s badly hidden agenda to further destabilize and privatize public schools in Florida and across the USA (hence the twitter […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 10, 2015

Jeb Bush takes his not-quite-yet presidential campaign through Florida with the announcement of an epic Republican fundraiser in Tampa this month. The $1,000-a-ticket event, supporting the Right to Rise Super PAC, will be Feb. 24 at the Grand Hyatt, 2900 Bayport Drive. A VIP reception begins at 5 p.m.; the general reception starts at 5:30 […]

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