Former Florida governor Jeb Bush met Monday with a group of his former staffers at the J. W. Marriott hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, just steps from the White House. Bush, a potential 2016 presidential contender, spent an hour in the hotel’s Cannon room, reminiscing and entertaining questions about his political future.
In an interview with NRO, Bush did not rule out a presidential run. “I am here to catch up with folks and promote education reform,” he said, smiling.
When asked again whether he will issue a Sherman-type statement about his future, Bush remained coy. “We have an alumni group that I like keeping in touch with,” he said. “I’m here to focus on educational reform, and that’s what I’m going to tell people.”
All of this talk about who is going to save the GOP in 2016 is just a tad bit premature. Besides, the country elected Santa Claus (Obama) and unless Santa runs out of gifts, they're going to keep electing people like him. Only when it collapses and people realize that it was all built on a house of cards, will they want the fiscal sanity of a conservative president.
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