Jeb Bush enters the presidential race

Jeb Bush (Photo by Gage Skidmore)

As expected, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush declared his official desire for the office of US President today:

June 15, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush officially kicked off his candidacy by filing paperwork to run for president with the Federal Election Commission, flipping the switch on an expansive campaign operation he has quietly been building for months. …

The son and brother of two U.S. presidents, Mr. Bush enters a presidential field crowded with young up-and-coming Republican talent and an electorate deeply divided about the future direction of both the Republican Party and the nation. …

In a campaign video… Mr. Bush sought to position himself as a pragmatic problem solver ready to tackle the country’s biggest issues.

“We led, we reformed, we got results,” Mr. Bush said about his record in Florida. “That’s what’s missing from Washington: The D.C. crowd talks about what’s wrong with America. I see what’s right.”

Though Mr. Bush has built a sizable campaign war chest and attracted veteran operatives for both his campaign and his independent super PAC—polls show him barely registering above 10% in a crowded primary field. http://www.wsj.com/articles/jeb-bush-formally-announces-hell-seek-gop-presidential-nomination-1434388382

June 15, 2015

MIAMI — Jeb Bush declared Monday he is running for president, promising to remove Washington as an obstacle to effective government and economic prosperity and declaring that “America deserves better.”

“I am a candidate for president of the United States,” he told a cheering crowd kicking off his candidacy at Miami Dade College.

Mr. Bush, whose two terms as governor of Florida were marked by the privatization of traditional state services, vowed to “take Washington – the static capital of this dynamic country – out of the business of causing problems” in “the campaign that begins today.”

Mr. Bush called upon his own record of ambitious, conservative-minded change as Florida’s chief executive. “I know we can fix this,” Mr. Bush said. “Because I’ve done it.” http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/us/politics/jeb-bush-presidential-campaign.html

The Huffington Post ran a story today about why he likely would win the nomination:

Republican voters — spending eight years under Obama and knowing that Hillary Clinton will be a formidable opponent — are desperate to nominate a winner. And the Bushes are winners. They have won three of their four races for President while Jeb twice won races for Governor of Florida.

Also, Bush intends to win the Presidency as a centrist who will lose some primaries but win the election. This way he will not suffer the fate of the centrist Mitt Romney, who in 2012 veered so far to the right that he could not move back to the center.

Second, Bush had only two centrist opponents. One, Mitt Romney, is not running and the other, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, is floundering after his associates were caught up in a state scandal. He probably will not mount an effective campaign. … As for Governor Scott Walker, Wisconsin is not in the same league as Florida. …

Thirdly, at the end of the day, the Bush machine, with deep roots both nationally and specifically in major states like Texas and Florida, will likely in the near future raise nearly 100 million dollars. This base provides a huge advantage in further fundraising, media exposure, voter outreach, polling day mobilization and vital influential endorsements. In America, campaign money doesn’t merely talk, it screams and nowhere more than in political campaigns.

Next, in order to win the elections, the Republicans need to win over more of either the minorities (Latinos, African Americans, Asians) or women. Romney was defeated in 2012 heavily because 73 percent of Latinos and 75 percent of Asians voted for Obama. Given Bush’s deep ties to the Latino community (61 percent of the Latino vote in Florida in 1992) he should be able to reach 40-50 percent of the Latino vote. …

At the end of the day, many Americans are bemoaning what may prove inevitable: a rematch of scions of America’s two most famous families between Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-adelman/why-jeb-bush-will-likely_b_7586690.html

Here is some information about him:

In 1970 in León, Mexico, where he was teaching English as part of a foreign exchange program, Bush met Columba Garnica de Gallo. They were married on February 23, 1974, in Austin, Texas. They reside in Coral Gables, Florida. Bush has three children: George Prescott Bush (born April 24, 1976, in Texas), went to Gulliver Preparatory School, studied at Rice University, and earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law. In the 2014 election, he was elected Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office. …

In 1995, Bush converted from Episcopalianism to Roman Catholicism. In 2004, Bush became a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus. Bush, a member of Father Hugon Council 3521 in Tallahassee, joined Father Hugon Assembly. (Jeb Bush. Wikipedia, accessed 06/15/15)

Anyway, like others who have already announced their candidacies, Jeb Bush is a politician who seems to believe he knows what the USA needs. Well, it needs national repentance, which is not something I expect him to meaningfully call for. His conversion to Roman Catholicism has possible prophetic ramifications. He, for example, may be more inclined to trust the Europeans on certain matters if the Vatican endorses something or wants him to.

But, of course, he needs to get elected first and Hillary Clinton is considered to be a formidable candidate. Both Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton have lost a major election in the past, which probably motivates them to work hard this time.

As they now are, neither of them will be able to solve the real problems facing the USA, though both think that they can.

Some items of possibly related interest may include:

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Does God Have a 6,000 Year Plan? What Year Does the 6,000 Years End? Was a 6000 year time allowed for humans to rule followed by a literal thousand year reign of Christ on Earth taught by the early Christians? Does God have 7,000 year plan? What year may the six thousand years of human rule end? When will Jesus return? 2022 or 20xx? There is also a video titled The 6000 Year Plan: Is the end of humanity’s reign almost up?
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