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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush stories: 19 news summaries

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton told an audience of Nigerians yesterday that while their country's democracy is deeply flawed, the Florida presidential race recount shows America's isn't perfect either, the Guardian reports. "Our democracy is still evolving," Clinton said. "We had some problems in some of our presidential elections. In... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Nigeria • democracy • Jeb Bush • Election 2000 • Florida voting • George W. Bush

(Newser) - Jeb Bush has a pretty dim view of President Obama, but he wouldn’t go so far as to call him names. When Tucker Carlson asks the former Florida governor if Obama is “a socialist” in an interview for Esquire, Bush demurs. “I don't know,” he... More »

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Bush administration • socialism • Republican Party • Jeb Bush • budget deficit • interview • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - A frontrunner has yet to emerge among Republican candidates for the 2012 presidential election, according to a new CNN poll. Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney are currently tied as the most popular potential candidate, each winning roughly 21% of support among those surveyed. They're trailed by Newt Gingrich... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • Mike Huckabee • Republican Party • Jeb Bush • Sarah Palin • opinion polls • Election 2012

Cheney: Jeb Would Be a
Fine President

Another Bush in
White House? Fine idea, says former VP

May 12, 09 7:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney isn't happy that he and George W. Bush aren't running the world anymore, so he'll settle for the next best thing—stick Jeb Bush in the White House. “I think he's a good man," Cheney told Neil Cavuto of Fox. "I'd probably support him... More »

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Dick Cheney • vice president • Jeb Bush • Republicans

interview


 Jeb Sees GOP 
 as Reform Party 


Feb 14, 09 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Jeb Bush cringes at the idea of running for office again, but that doesn’t mean he lacks bold vision for the Republican Party, writes Fred Barnes in the Wall Street Journal. Bush thinks the GOP should morph into a reform party, starting with the states. “A real... More »

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education • Florida • GOP • reform • Republican Party • Jeb Bush • governor • George W. Bush

Poppy Bush Bids WH Adieu, Hopes Jeb Will Make His Run

Dubya 'emotional' as family leaves 2nd time

Jan 20, 09 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - The Bush family may be saying goodbye to the presidency yet again, but the family patriarch isn't letting go of his hopes to see another of his sons ensconced at the White House someday, Politico reports. “Maybe Jeb’ll do something," said President George HW Bush, during an... More »

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Barbara Bush • White House • president • George HW Bush • Jeb Bush

Analysis

GOP Faces Uphill Battle for Senate in 2010

Wave of retirees in competitive states leaves party open

Jan 13, 09 2:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The 2010 election isn’t looking any better than the past two for Senate Republicans, CNN reports. When two-term Ohio Sen. George Voinovich threw in the towel yesterday, he became the fourth Republican incumbent to step down and leave a potentially competitive race. Democrats have lost only Hillary Clinton and... More »

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Sam Brownback • Senate • GOP • Senate Republicans • George Voinovich • Jeb Bush • 2010 election

(Newser) - Jeb Bush put an end to feverish political speculation today and announced that he will not seek Mel Martinez’s Florida Senate seat in 2010, the Chicago Tribune reports. The former Florida governor was widely reported to be considering a run—even his father had publicly encouraged the idea.... More »

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Congress • Senate • GOP • Mel Martinez • Jeb Bush • Election 2010

A Third Bush
in the White
House?

Poppy Bush wants Jeb to head to Senate,
Oval Office eventually

Jan 5, 09 5:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Even as one son packs his bags to leave the White House, former President Bush is waxing poetic about seeing another move in one day. And since "right now is probably a bad time" with Americans Bushed out, HW suggests Jeb Bush would make "an outstanding senator."... More »

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Senate • Barbara Bush • George HW Bush • Jeb Bush • Bush dynasty • presidential bid • George W. Bush

Talk Show Roundup

Senate Sends Mixed Messages on Burris

Durbin says no, Reid open to talking, and Burris a no-show

Jan 4, 09 12:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Roland Burris dominated the Sunday morning tongue-wagging, though the would-be senator himself was a no-show, reports the Hill. Elsewhere, mixed messages on whether to seat him:
  • Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said on This Week that the Senate has no plans to seat Roland Burris. Burris was scheduled to appear
... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Fox News • Illinois • George HW Bush • Jeb Bush • Dick Durbin • Meet the Press • Rod Blagojevich • This Week • Roland Burris

Jeb Bush
Leans Toward Senate Run
in Florida

Ex-governor getting strong support

Dec 26, 08 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - All signs are pointing toward a Jeb Bush run for the Senate in Florida, Politico reports. Nothing’s settled, say those close to him, but the former governor has been working the phones since Sen. Mel Martinez announced he wouldn’t run again in 2010. "Everything indicates that he's... More »

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Florida • Congress • Senate • Republican Party • Jeb Bush • governor

 Dubya: Jeb Would Be 
 'Awesome' Senator 

President touts brother's fitness for Fla. seat

Dec 16, 08 3:07 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush gave his little brother a glowing job recommendation, telling RealClearPolitics the former Florida governor would make “an awesome US senator.” Among those who stand to benefit if Jeb Bush runs to replace retiring Republican Mel Martinez in 2010, per Dubya: The GOP, Florida, and the country.... More »

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Florida • Mel Martinez • Jeb Bush • governor • senator • George W. Bush

Jeb Bush Eyes
Florida Senate Seat 

Former governor may run in 2010

Dec 3, 08 2:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Jeb Bush may be about to pump new life into his family's political dynasty by running for the Florida Senate in 2010. The president's baby brother and former Florida governor is mulling a grab for the seat which will be vacated by Republican Mel Martinez, who has decided not to... More »

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Florida • GOP • Mel Martinez • Jeb Bush • US Senate

Rumors From Vatican: Bush May Convert

Sit-down with pope sparks talk that prez could turn Catholic

Jun 14, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush visited Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican yesterday, sparking rumors that the president may convert to Catholicism, the Telegraph reports. They spoke in a garden where the pontiff prays daily, not in the library where Benedict greets most world leaders. “What an honor!” said Bush,... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Italy • Vatican • Catholicism • Jeb Bush • George W. Bush

OPINION

Bushes' Brother Act Goes Out With a Whimper

Lifelong rivalry leaves both siblings at loose ends: Weisberg

Feb 11, 08 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - In perhaps the final chapter of their peculiar sibling rivalry, Jeb Bush's political aspirations lie smoldering in the ashes of his brother's disastrous presidency, Jacob Weisberg writes in the LA Times. "Jeb's position as favorite son rankled his brother," the Slate editor writes, and "George's mistakes have... More »

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White House • Jeb Bush • sibling rivalry • legacy • Bush dynasty • political dynasty • George W. Bush

Ex-Gov Romney Butters Up Ex-Gov Bush

Despite refusal to endorse, Jeb looms large on Fla. sidelines

Jan 25, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The president’s brother is no longer in office and says he’s staying neutral in Tuesday’s Florida primary, but that hasn’t kept Mitt Romney from hiring Jeb Bush’s staff members, running on his issues—and calling the former governor “quite a guy.” “I... More »

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Mitt Romney • Jeb Bush • Florida primary • Republican Governors Association

Plan to Save Everglades Sinking

Lack of cash hobbles four decade long effort

Nov 2, 07 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - An $8 billion effort to reverse generations of destruction of Florida's Everglades is faltering because federal financing has slowed to a trickle. Despite a much-heralded bipartisan agreement in 2000, the 40-year project to save the subtropical marsh is already far behind schedule, and thousands of acres of wildlife habitat continue... More »

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Fred Thompson • restoration • Jeb Bush • Everglades • South Florida Water Management District • Lake Okeechobee • Nathaniel P. Reed • Army Corps of Engineers • George W. Bush

Staff Acquitted in Boot Camp Youth Death

Jury deems guards not responsible in case that scrapped Fla. system

Oct 12, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a case that led to reforms in the state's controversial juvenile justice system, eight former Florida boot camp workers were acquitted of manslaughter today in the death of a 14-year-old boy. "You kill a dog, you go to jail. You kill a little black boy and nothing happens,... More »

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Florida • Jeb Bush • Martin Lee Anderson • boot camps

H.W.: Country May Be Feeling
"Bush Fatigue"

Only thing holding
back Jeb, pop says

Apr 24, 07 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Bush Fatigue" may finally be hitting the nation, patriarch George H.W. told Larry King last night. King asked whether Bush Père bought into Mitt Romney's theory of 2008: that Jeb will sit out to avoid Bush-lash. "There's something to that—there might be a little Bush... More »

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Mitt Romney • politics • Barbara Bush • George HW Bush • Jeb Bush • George W. Bush

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