Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is now in position to really cash in from establishment Republican donors after Mitt Romney announced that he will not be running for president in 2016.
Bush will not have much of fight in the GOP primary race from other candidates who are perceived to also be “establishment,” including New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.But Bush’s real challenge will be with the entire field of conservative Republican presidential candidates that oppose his position on immigration reform, and his full-throated endorsement and support of Common Core education standards, also know as “Educare” or “socialized education.”
Bush has bashed Obama on everything from immigration, foreign policy, and the economy, but on education, the two men seem to be best buddies, and agree on Common Core Standards
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Obama’s education secretary, Arne Duncan, has often cited Bush and twice spoken at Bush’s annual education summit. They have met privately about five times since 2010, according to the Department of Education.
Bush’s problem over the Common Core education standards is well known, but the backstory is his symbiotic relationship with the Obama administration and the political crumbling of a reform movement that Bush once led but is now a liability as he faces the GOP nominating gantlet.-TB Times
In 2009, when President Obama rolled out his failed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or “stimulus” Act, Jeb Bush tweeted a congratulatory message to the then-16 states that got past the first cut for Race to the Top.
“Congrats to the 16 states who made the first cut for Race to the Top, I am so proud of Florida.”-Jeb Bush
Congrats to the 16 states who made the first cut for Race to the Top, I am so proud of Florida
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) March 5, 2010
Obama’s Stimulus of 2009 was the launching pad for Common Core.
While Senator Marco Rubio, who is also expected to run for president, successfully ran and won his 2010 Senate race by opposing the Stimulus Act, Bush, like Rubio’s defeated opponent in that senate race, former Florida Governor, Charlie Crist, gave the thumbs up to President Obama’s Stimulus.
Bush is on record of saying that Crist’s support for the Stimulus Act was “unforgivable.”
So while Jeb Bush may say he opposed Obama’s stimulus, he really didn’t, and will have to contend with a Stimulus Act noose being wrapped tightly around his political neck by the rest of the 2016 Republican presidential field of candidates.
Senator Ted Cruz, who is considering a run, and Marco Rubio, who like we already said is expected to run for that job, both oppose any form of centralized or Common Core education standards.Oh, and so does billionaire businessman Donald Trump, who believes that Bush will have a tough time selling his support for the education standards, as well his support for amnesty for illegal aliens.