De voormalige gouverneur van Florida en broer van voormalige president George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, gaf de Republikeinse presidentiële kandidaten afgelopen week advies. Bush zei dat bashing president Obama niet genoeg is om in 2012 te winnen.

“I hope that the Republican candidates, when they are offering their solutions, it’s good to be critical of the president, I think the president means well, but his policies have failed”, aldus Bush tegenover Fox News. “And to point that out, nothing wrong with that. That is politics. But just to stop there and say, ‘Well, I’m going to win because I am against what is going on’ is not enough.”

Toen Bush gevraagd werd door Fox News presentator Neil Cavuto of sommige Republikeinen te veel kritiek uiten en overdrijven zei Bush: “I do. I think, when you start ascribing bad motives to the guy, I think that is wrong. It turns off a bunch of people that want solutions.”

Bush zei ook dat de kandidaten niet moeten afwijken van hun conservatieve ideeën. “I would humbly suggest to you that being a conservative is not necessarily a bad thing. But if you are a conservative, you have to persuade. You have to defend a position. You can’t just be against the president”, aldus de voormalige gouverneur. “And that’s the big test.”

Zo wie steunt Jeb Bush? “I’m neutral in the presidential race, but I’m an admirer of Governor Romney’s”, aldus Bush, terwijl hij zei dat hij uit kijkt naar Romney’s toespraak over de economie en banen, begin september.

Maar Jeb Bush gaf wel aan dat er geen enkele aversie is tegen de gouverneur van Texas, Rick Perry, die luitenantgouverneur was toen president George W. Bush gouverneur van Texas was. “I have never heard anybody in my family say anything but good things about Rick Perry”, aldus Bush. “I admire him. And I think Texas has got a great story. And he can legitimately talk about that story as a candidate for president.” Lees meer hier.