Jeb Bush: Obama's Less Popular than my Brother
(AP)
"Had he said what he was going to do as a candidate, [Obama] would have lost," Bush said. The former governor was most critical of the president’s spending practices, including the economic stimulus bill, as well as his "cap and trade" policy to regulate greenhouse gases.
Bush also played down the president's current popularity and suggested "there will be a push back." He told interviewer Tucker Carlson that his brother, former president George W. Bush, was more popular during his first 100 days than Mr. Obama.
"His popularity is no greater — in fact it's less — than what my brother's was during the beginning of his tenure, in a time of unbelievable friction," Bush said of the current president. "His approval ratings were higher than Barack Obama's during his first one hundred days."
As Carlson noted, however, Mr. Bush's approval ratings during his first hundred days were slightly lower than Mr. Obama’s. At the end of his 100 days, a Gallup poll showed Mr. Bush's approval rating at 62 percent. In April, Mr. Obama's approval rating was 65 percent, according to Gallup.
Bush, who passed on a chance to run for Senate last year, said he is not seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. (Bush’s current situation, Carlson writes, offers no clear "path back to power.")
"I don't wake up each day assuming I'm the solution to life's problems," Bush said. "I am content to be part of the larger effort that creates the fertile ground for those candidates to run. To me, it's flattering when people seek my views."
Bush added that Republicans need to update their message if they want to recover from their present situation.
"We need to be talking about what the world looks like today and what it will look like going forward, rather than speaking in nostalgic terms about the past," Bush said.
He cited former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Lousiana Governor Bobby Jindal as potential leaders for the GOP. As Carlson noted, Bush did not mention Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, or Mike Huckabee.
"If there's going to be a resurgence of the Republican party or the conservative movement, I think it's going to require some patience and some humility — less personal ambition and more advocacy of ideas and how they relate to people," Bush said.
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See all 36 CommentsCOLLEENBEN , IS YOUR LAST NAME BUSH , MUST BE , YOU HAVE THERE BRAINS LOL
#1 THERE HAS BEEN ONLY 5 REPUBLICAN MALES THAT WERE IN CONGRESS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE MILITARY ACTIVE SEVICE SINCE 1960...ALL THE REST OF THE REPUBLICAN MALES THAT ARE IN CONGRESS TO THIS DATE ARE & WERE DRAFT DODGERS...ALL REPUBLICAN MALES THAT ARE IN CONGRESS,& OTHERS THAT ARE TIED TO POLITICS & TRYING TO RUN FOR SOMETHING>> ALL OF THESE PEOPLE NEVER HAD A REAL JOB LIKE WORKING IN A LARGE FACTORY & PUTTING IN AN HONEST DAYS WORK... SOME OF THE WOMEN LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE HOUSE OF REPS>>>THEY ARE LIKE THE MEN (sick bastards)
well i could go on but you know what i mean...FOR THE ONES THAT DONT KNOW >>>I AM A N 80 YEAR OLD KOREAN WAR VETERAN WITH REAL ACTIVE SERVICE FROM 1951-1959..MY GOODNESS...THESE DODGERS STILL DONT KNOW THAT THEIR OWN REPUBLICANS WRECKED THIS COUNTRY WORSE THAN THE NATZI PARTY COULD DO IT...
seen neil bush lately? Is he still hiding after that
savings and loan thingy? Like his brother , he bailed
our, leaving people holding the bag.
Obama couldnt do worse than Bush if you gave him 100 years to do so.
Bush's was, we'll talk about this matter. Until then, Jeb needs to just shut up. No Bush in this country has any credibility with the American people. Being governor of Florida is not worth a hill of beans to most Americans and certainly means zilch on the world stage.
seen neil bush lately? Is he still hiding after that
savings and loan thingy? Like his brother , he bailed
our, leaving people holding the bag.
Obama couldnt do worse than Bush if you gave him 100 years to do so.
C'mon repubs we can do better than these "re-treads" and has beens....
Republicans are not offering any solution, they never do that's why our country is in the situation we find ourselves today. President Obama was elected in direct defiance to the results, actions, and policy of the Conservative Agenda.
House has already been cleaned.
FYI.
Shrub was the most hated....
he failed to mention that.
Republicans are strange creatures!
As far as evil...you have the wrong family, you must be speaking of the Kennedy's.
Jed Bush is a great fellow, as is his dad and his brother George.
When Obama does enough harm...only then will you see, or..perhaps you will never see.
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First, he's correct about this! Mr. Obama has broken many, if not most, of his major promises! However, so did Jeb's brother--- George Bush!
So, it's really pretty hypocritical for HIM to be complaining about that, now!
Second, his brother wasn't more popular than Mr. Obama in the first 100 days as pointed out in the article! Once again, we get a demonstration
of how senior Republican politicians like to lie--- which, totally
destroys their credibility!
Third, he is correct when he says Mr. Obama's popularity will fade in time! It's bound too!
Fourth, his criticism of the Democrats 'wild spending' is hypocritical at best---as it was HIS brother and a GOP-controlled Congress that put us "in the red" and got us lodged in this quagmire of huge debt!
Fifth, if he really believes Newt Gingrich or Bobby Jindal are going to
head-up the next GOP attempt at the White House, he's dreaming! Romney,
Huckabee, and Palin will have something to say about that!
And finally, don't expect Jeb to be running for national office soon,
and when he does, it will have to be in a HIGHLY Republican district
or state, because nobody in their right mind is going to vote for him
because of his family, his family name, and his brother!
Perhaps Jeb Bush could have extended that to his brother! If the average voter knew what George W. Bush's plans were for the destruction of the country and the economy, Gore would have won by a landslide and Scalia would have to "live with it!"!!!!
Besides, Jeb, you had better check out all the skeltons YOU have in YOUR closet! Maybe that's why you won't run for elected office anymore!!!
HAIL OBAMA????????
I think that the Conservatives should work as nicely with Obama as the Liberals did with President Bush.
Thanks for the good advice. I will write to my senator now.
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