Jeb Bush distances himself from James Baker

CNN ^ | 4/23/15 | MJ Lee

[jimbo123]

Jeb Bush on Thursday sought to distance himself from former Secretary of State James Baker, one of his foreign policy advisers, saying in a closed-door meeting that he doesn't believe Baker should have recently addressed the liberal-leaning Israel advocacy group J Street. He also pledged that his foreign policy team will also consist of younger experts, according to two attendees.

[jimbo123]

Under the bus he goes...

[Fungi]

Sorry Jebbie, the horse left the barn. We already know too much about you before the horse left.....

[dp0622]

Not only was Baker a bad choice, but now we see Bush has no understanding of the word loyalty. Not that it mattered. Don't go away mad, Jeb, just go away.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Jebster should distance himself from the idea of him ever being President.........

The RNC may nominate him as their designated loser, but he will lose.

[moovova]

"He also pledged that his foreign policy team will also consist of younger experts...

Marie Harf is available.

[jjotto]

Marie Harf is available.

Like Baker, she's a Jew-hater, but Harf also hates Christians as a bonus. Perfect for Jeb in his primary campaign versus Hillary.

[shalom aleichem]

When the Jebster walks away from Karl Rove I “might” be impressed.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

This guy is quite simply dumb as a rock. Maybe that’s good news in a way, as he’ll be less scheming should he be elected. But he’s obviously not smart enough to discern the motives of those around him.

Dumb as a rock.

[Ben Ficklin]

When Bush says "younger experts", does he mean younger Realists. When they say "Wise Old Realists", they mean republicans like Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft, James Baker, George Schultz, and perhaps Dick Lugar, plus democrats like Zbig, Sam Nunn and Lee Hamilton.

Lee Hamilton and James Baker co-chaired the Iraq Study Group(2006) which set the stage for George Bush to fire Rumsfeld. Bush first offered the SecDef job to Baker, who turned Bush down and Bush offered the job to Bob Gates, who also served on the Iraq Study, along with Leon Panetta( a dem realist), who would replace Gates as SecDef.

Bob Gates would qualify as a "younger Realist". As would Colin Powell and Condi Rice. As would Ryan Crocker who was Bush's ambassador to Iraq and Obama's ambassador to Afghanistan..

Another would be James Baker's protégé, Robert Zoellick, who worked for Reagan(Treas dept), GHW Bush(state dept), GW Bush(state dept), and headed up Mitt Romney's natl security transition team, which means Zoellick would probably have been Romney's Sec State.

Another would be Gen Jim Jones who was an Mideast envoy for GW Bush and Obama's Natl Security Advisor