Laura And George W. Bush Wanted Jeb Bush To Run For President

Former First Lady Laura Bush told a crowd in Sarasota, Fla., that she and George W. Bush were hoping Jeb Bush, George's younger brother and the former governor of Florida, would run for president in 2012. When asked if Jeb would consider a run, she said, "[George] and I wish he would. We wanted him to this time," the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports.

The family is out of politics, but still involved in policy, she said, specifically mentioning Jeb's work in education. Jeb would make a "wonderful" president, she said.

Speculation swirled ahead of the GOP primary season over whether Jeb would join the race, heightened by dissatisfaction with the current slate of candidates by many in the party. Jeb said repeatedly he would not run in 2012, but hasn't ruled out a future bid.

The swing-state former governor has been active in courting Hispanics to the Republican Party, and his endorsement in the presidential race is considered a hot commodity. He had not yet endorsed a candidate.

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[gina victoria]

09:22 AM on 02/25/2012

first id like 2 say good mornin 2 our former President Mr. George W. Bush & our former 1st Lady Laura Bush .

secondly - it would be awesome if Jeb Bush ran 4 the presidency !!!!

[greytunes]

06:16 PM on 01/26/2012

Isn't it time to run from the familial dynasty thing? The Kennedys had thought of Robert, then Ted and that didn'y work. Between the Bushes and the Clinton's, this country has been run by 2 families for 20 years. I admire Hillary and would have voted for her, but its time for nre blood. Its apparently going to be a messy business until we realize that there are other qualified, and capable alternatives. Jeb pretty much made his bed in the Schaivo case.

[Angel Whitebird]

12:31 PM on 01/19/2012

Oh God help us!

[GameSetMatch]

03:05 PM on 01/15/2012

Jeb reminds me of 'Lumpy Rutherford' from 'Leave It To Beaver', or 'Clarence' as Fred Rutherford called his son.

[jamesbarca]

12:48 PM on 01/15/2012

I lived in Florida when Jeb was Governer. I love Florida. Prolly go back. If he or Marvin or any Bush, or Walker for that matter, gets into the White House, I may consider New Zealand or Costa Rica as an option.

[celtcalgal]

10:39 AM on 01/22/2012

Consider Canada.

[jamesbarca]

11:55 AM on 01/22/2012

Thanks! Fanned. I actually have relatives in Quebec. Sadly, I don't do winters so well. Beautiful Country though :)

[livesimply]

11:32 PM on 01/14/2012

Eeeeew.

[nychaseter]

09:15 PM on 01/14/2012

Clearly, the worthless, vile Bush family won't be happy until they are billionaires...and middle class America is living in the gutter. Disgusting family.

[Keeferbulldog]

02:31 PM on 01/14/2012

You must be joking...That's the last thing America needs!

[celtcalgal]

02:58 PM on 01/14/2012

Oh, you mean ---georgie ( mission accomplished ) boy, I agree 100%.

[celtcalgal]

03:16 PM on 01/14/2012

the only thing that one accomplished was running our country into the ground,losing our respect in the world,and ruining poor countries who was never any threat to us, I feel ashamed for us,how could we allow that ?.

[dblohangel]

01:38 PM on 01/14/2012

Perry's father-in-law is a urologist, a wise man. To end his son-in-law's ability to possibly make more humans just like Perry is classic.

[JuliaDemJules2020]

10:56 AM on 01/14/2012

Please stay away. What you did to our Country is going to take a very long time to recover and for the Veterans disabled and dead b/c of your wars there is no hope for them; Your legacy is hideous at best being a war criminal and you and you cronies deserved worse. You should be in jail with your ties to the Saudis and Haliburton.

[Jaybird248]

09:34 AM on 01/14/2012

If Romney, the candidate nobody wants and half the party despises, is weak by the time of the convention, Jeb might yet ride to the rescue. But it's looking more likely that Capitalist Man will make the run. And hopefully will get his butt kicked by Obama. We really can't afford four more years of the rich getting richer and the rest of us getting the boot.

[TomDegan]

08:54 AM on 01/14/2012

If this country is ever again stupid enough to send another member of that disgusting family to the White House, they'll deserve EVERYTHING that happens to them.

http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

Tom Degan

[Grady LaMontagne]

08:15 AM on 01/14/2012

This knucklehead bush is the one that put this country in the shape it was prior to obama. If you want real and true change in washington then support and vote for : DR RONALD PAUL 4 PRESIDENT

[rrpatreilly]

08:39 AM on 01/14/2012

I am a fan of Ron Paul but you lose a lot of credibility when you blame Bush for the problems America is in today. The housing bubble, which was the catalyst for the banking collapse, was in the making since Jimmy Carter and his CRA with Clinton pushing the banks for the subprime mortgage business.

[nychaseter]

09:19 PM on 01/14/2012

Yea...like Reagan didn't rape this country... Regardless of who is at fault for the housing bubble (dems blame repubs, and vice versa...Gingrich made a KILLING from it), it wasn't a democratic Commander In Chief that got us involved in TWO costly, unwinnable, UNNECESSARY wars. Bush (and DICKie) took us there. Sorry, but true.

[gardenguy05]

07:49 AM on 01/14/2012

If this clown really wants to help the country he should donate some of his millions for homes and food for the homeless and poor. Mission accomplished?!?

[rrpatreilly]

08:45 AM on 01/14/2012

Why do you refer to Jeb Bush as a clown? Why the junvenile name calling? As far as everything I have read about his tenure as governor of Florida, he did a bang up job and was very popular. Believe me, the longer obama stays in office, the more people will need help buying food, the more people will become homeless and the many more will become poor. The solutions for these problems are not treating the symptoms but by creating jobs in the private sector.

[gardenguy05]

11:02 AM on 01/14/2012

was refering to George, not Jeb.

[Cucchi]

07:36 AM on 01/14/2012

Of course, the Bushes would like to get another of they're own back in the White House

But could America survive another four years of Big oil running the show

I DON'T THINK SOOOooooooooooooo.....

[rrpatreilly]

08:50 AM on 01/14/2012

Considering that most of Americans who have a company retirement program, a union pension plan, a 401K or an IRA are invested in big business, big oil and big pharma, America would stand a better chance of success than have government taking any more money and overspending. Comparing the two, big oil vs big government, I think America would be much better off with big oil running the show.

[Cucchi]

09:02 AM on 01/14/2012

What country are you living in LOL LOL LOL !!!

[Me Joe]

12:43 PM on 02/24/2012

Oh, like America can withstand another four years of Trickle Up Poverty under Obama??

Nooooooooo