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'Jeb Bush'

Truth on Iraq

Jeb Bush's still prospective race for president took a little nosedive when he bungled questions from friendly agents at Fox television about his brother's invasion of Iraq. If Fox News can foil a Republican so easily, people asked, could he be seriously considered for the party's nomination?
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Mike Huckabee signs own anti-tax pledge, passes on the Norquist pledge

Mike Huckabee won't sign anti-tax fanatic Grover Norquist's pledge, but he has his own do-it-yourself pledge.
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Hillary and the Democratic dilemma on education policy

The New York Times highlights a schism in the Democratic Party over public education that bears watching, given the state takeover of the Little Rock School District and the temporarily dormant campaign for wholesale privatization of distressed Arkansas schools.

2016 polling: Bush v. Clinton, with an edge for Clinton

CNN polling on 2016 president race puts Hillary Clinton ahead of the preferred Republican contenders, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie
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Jeb Bush announces presidential exploration bid

Jeb Bush took to social media this morning to announce an exploratory bid to run for president in 2016. Has anybody of substance ever undertaken an exploration that didn't end with an affirmative decision?

Jeb Bush in town campaigning for Asa Hutchinson

Former Florida governor and First Brother Jeb Bush was in Sherwood this morning to stump for Republican gubernatorial nominee Asa Hutchinson. The two toured LISA Academy, a Sherwood charter school.
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Jeb Bush to help Asa Hutchinson raise money

Jeb Bush will headline a Pleasant Valley Country Club fund-raiser for Asa Hutchinson Sept. 30.

Why making progress on immigration reform remains a steep climb

Every so often, you hear predictions that progress on bipartisan immigration reform is just around the corner. After all, it's an issue on which many Republicans are relatively moderate, the Chamber of Commerce types are supportive, and many GOP strategists worry that the party's current stance is a long-term political disaster. But then the base howls.
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Poll update: Hillary in a walk over GOP oppnents

I mentioned earlier that a UA poll on presidential politics would be discussed at the Clinton School at lunch today.

Jeb Bush: Corporate influence peddler on schools

Speaking of Jeb Bush, in Little Rock today promoting the Billionaire Boys Club school privatization agenda: I wish the following news conference had been held this morning.
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UPDATE: The charter school bandwagon arrives

Just in time for the charter school rally to be led this morning by Walmart billionaire Jim Walton and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publisher Walter Hussman, among others, comes a timely news article from, where else, the Democrat-Gazette, on Arkansas's fall in ranking by a charter school advocacy group.

Questions for Jeb Bush on charter schools

When former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush joins the Arkansas Billionaire Boys Club Tuesday for a rally at the Arkansas capitol to promote their charter school expansion agenda, somebody might ask Bush what he thinks of Stanley Smith.
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