Jeb Bush nearing decision whether to run for president in 2016
Speaking at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council Dinner Monday, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said he is nearing a decision whether to run for president in 2016.
“I’m thinking about running for president and will make up my mind in short order,” Bush said. “I do not know the exact timeline, (but) it will be the same decision making process I’ve always had.”
Bush laid out his blueprint that could serve as his 2016 campaign platform.
Jeb Bush Severing ‘Problematic’ Connections
A sure sign that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is planning to do more than just “explore” a run for the White House in 2016 is the fact that he is severing ties, erasing connections and extricating himself from alliances and relationships that could “complicate” a presidential campaign.
About a week ago Bush resigned from the board of Tenet Healthcare Corp., “the health care giant [that] supported and promoted President Barack Obama’s health care law,” — a health care measure to which Bush has been adamantly opposed calling it “flawed to its core,” but nevertheless an association from which he benefited to the tune of “nearly $2.1 million in director’s fees and restricted company stock since joining the board in 2007. ”