Jeb Bush gets most important endorsement yet — his mother's
Two years ago, former first lady Barbara Bush said her family had been over-represented at the White House, and that "enough Bushes" had won the presidency.
That could have been bad news for her son, Jeb, who has his eye on a 2016 run. Luckily, at a gala dinner in Florida on Friday night, The Washington Post reports that Jeb skyped in his mom to deliver some good news.
"Jeb, it's Mom," Barbara Bush said as she appeared on the gala's jumbo screens. "Listen, what do you mean, 'too many Bushes'?…I changed my mind!"
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Barbara Bush added that the United States' problems are such that "it doesn't matter what your last name is," before turning the camera to show former president George H. W. Bush sitting behind her.
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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