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Posted on 07/27/2004 4:07:08 AM PDT by Reader of news
Despite being governor of a battleground state in the presidential election, Gov. Jeb Bush plans a low profile at the Republican National Convention.
TALLAHASSEE - When the Republican National Convention rolls around in late August in New York City, Jeb Bush -- brother of the president, governor of the state that gave him the White House in 2000, Florida chairman of the Bush presidential campaign -- will be seen, but not heard.
That, the governor said Thursday, is the way he wants it.
Jeb Bush said he doesn't want anything to distract from his brother's reelection campaign -- especially talk that he is looking to succeed the president in 2008.
Bush continues to publicly say he will return to private life in Miami once he leaves the governor's mansion in January 2007.
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One friend of Jeb Bush says he sees the governor's plan to maintain a low profile in New York City as proof that he is not planning to mount his own bid for the presidency any time soon. Saying that the 51-year-old Bush is a ''young guy,'' former Florida House speaker John Thrasher says Bush has plenty of time to plan a run for higher office.
''I think he's trying not to create expectations,'' said Thrasher. ``I think he's going to take a break. I think he and his family are ready to go back to Miami.''
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And don't forget, there is another George Bush in the wings. George P. Bush. A little young now, but give him time, I think the kid's got potential.
He's a handsome kid for sure.
Fluent spanish, of course, and by the time he's old enough to run, it seems like the Hispanic population in the US will be huge (don't Hispanics already outnumber blacks in our population?).
Nominating another Bush in 2008 would be the worst mistake the Republican Party could make IMHO. I'm sure he's a fine man, but this is a Republic, not a family dynasty.
Jeb mentioned at the "Party for the President" that George P is getting married next month, I think August 14th.
But I don't know where, or who to.
President of the United States is a high-level executive position. There are examples of presidents who did not have a big-time executive resume when they first got elected to the office, but most elected presidents have been governors, with some generals and about 3 senators (reckoning Vice President as being no more of an executive position than senator, thus including Nixon). And neither Nixon nor Kennedy were running against a governor when they won (OK, Hubert Humphre had been a mayor).I await your suggestion of a reasonably fresh name who has big-time name recognition and big-time executive experience and is a conservative - and is not named Bush. I would agree more with your POV if Jeb had stayed in Texas - but as it is, Jeb can say "There has never been a president from the state of Florida, and it's time that there was." I don't think it would be right to hold his lineage against him any more than it would be right to use it to promote him.
In fact GWB is a different person than GHWB - and Jeb Bush is not the same as either one of them. Whose fault is it if no one else in any other state is building the kind of rep that GWB did in Texas or that Jeb is building in Florida? You can't beat somebody with nobody. Or with an over-the-hill senator, please God. The Republican Party should learn its lesson from Senator Dole.
Agreed.
A Jeb Bush/Mitt Romney ticket would be a strong one, I think.
I agree that a strong reelection as governor, preferrably of a large state (Arkansas being an exception) is a major qualification, however I don't necessarily agree with the second point. Neither Bush 43, nor Clinton, Reagan and Carter held a federal office before moving into 1600 Penn Ave. Senator Graham, according to the second point, should have tremendous qualifications (Gore might have won if he had picked Graham as VP); however I think spending too much time in the Senate might actually hurt one's Presidential chances.
Americans don't like dynasties. Jeb shouldn't think about running until 2012, even if he does run. A 2008 bid to oust Bill Nelson would be ideal.
I read in an article that President Bush will be spending a weekend at his parents' home in Kennebunkport in August and it is in part to attend his nephew's wedding. Seems he's getting married in Maine. I remember reading of George P. doing a promotion for Tommy Hilfiger in London a yr. or so back and he was traveling with his girlfriend who was a fellow student at the Univ. of Texas Law school. Her name was Jennifer. That could be his future wife?
YAWN
Why must a candidate have big-time name recognition four years before his nominating convention? That's asinine.
I foresee problems with that campaign .... no opponent!
I have absolutely no idea, but there's never a shortage of presidential candidates. Somebody always steps up.
I'm just sayint that Jeb goes into it with two strikes against him. The partisan Democrats will be galvanized against yet another Bush. A lot of swing voters would be reluctant to vote for Jeb because of the dynasty issue. And judging from occasional comments on this forum, there are even some Republicans who would have a problem with a Jeb candidacy.
That's not a recipe for victory in what will in all likelihood be another tight race.
Jeb has a proven ability to connect with Latino voters, and that will be a pre-requisite for victory in the 2010s, and later. Latino voters will be a clear majority in CA, TX, AZ, and NM, will be decisive minorities in FL, NV, UT, CO, OR, WA, and NY, and will be at least as sizable as blacks in most other states, including states where the community was almost invisible a few years ago (GA and NC, for example).
I think you mean 2006.
It would be great to see Jeb and Condi in the Republican ticket in 2008. They would beat a Hillary/Richardson ticket.
No. Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina for President, Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona for VP. A bulletproof conservative ticket.
Regards, Ivan
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