Jeb Bush, son and brother of two former US Republican presidents George HW Bush (1988-1992) and George W. Bush (2000-2008), announced on December 16th that he was intending to actively explore the possibility of candidature in becoming the president of the United States. This announcement was on his Facebook page and is more a new year’s wish than a legitimate self-nomination of candidature.
The latter is usually preceded by the creation of an exploratory committee to examine the conditions, political and financial of such an initiative. But it is nevertheless the first statement in the sense of the former governor of Florida, who had until now allowed us to be left guessing about his intentions.
Triumphant in the mid-term elections on November 4th, the Republican camp approaches the 2016 presidential election without a true leader. This situation favors the multiplication of potential candidates, and the successes this shows means there’s little more than a month still to have lengthened the list.
This counts for the moment, apart from Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, Kentucky Senator Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey, Marco Rubio, Florida Senator Ted Cruz, Senator of Texas, Rick Perry, the outgoing governor Texas, Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Governor, Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin, Ben Carson, neurosurgeon old African-American star, Rick Santorum, a once candidate already in 2012, Paul Ryan, a candidate for the vice-presidency alongside Mitt Romney the same year, John Kasich, Ohio Governor. To speak only of the names shows those who return back with more persistence. Back on December 1st, the Washington Post listed a total of 24 names. None, however, has applied for membership to date.
In October, those interviewed by a pollster for the same day and ABC television placed top personalities for which they could vote Romney (21%), even if it has instead rejected the idea of to run a third time (after 2008 and 2012). Bush was second (11%) and none of the other names mentioned collected more than 10% favor.
Though the son and brother of past US presidents, is a potential candidate for the 2016 presidential election In this perspective, the Washington Post revealed that le’ex Governor of Florida resigned from all boards on which he served .
Ending these collaborations is supposedly “part of the process in which it is committed while he gradually devoted his attention to a potential presidential race,” said Kristy Campbell, spokeswoman of Jeb Bush, daily American. “This is a natural step.”
On December 16th, Jeb Bush, 61, had taken his short list of rivals by surprise in announcing that he was embarking on the presidential race. He will have to begin traveling across the country month to assess the enthusiasm of the Republican base and raise the funds he needs to have a chance to eliminate his rivals in the Republican primary before facing his Democratic opponent , which Hillary Clinton leads the poll on.
The political machine of the Bush family have rehearsed for the election to the presidency of the Jeb Bush well, his father George HW Bush and his brother George W. Bush twice, will be difficult to counter for opponents of the former Florida governor in his own party.
At this very early stage, polls put Bush slightly ahead in Republican primary but later losing to Democrat Hillary Clinton, who has not made her intentions clear, but everyone is convinced that she too will try to succeed Barack Obama at the White House.