WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT JEB BUSH AT CPAC AND CLUB FOR GROWTH SUMMIT
“A Politician Of Conviction Who Had Total Command Of Who He Was And What He Believed”
The Washington Post Headline: “Jeb Bush Was Very, Very Good At CPAC Today” (The Washington Post, 2/27/15)
The Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis: “Utterly Confident And Relaxed. Best I Had Seen Him.” “Not sure how Jeb will do at CPAC today, but last night at the Club for Growth, he was utterly confident and relaxed. Best I had seen him.” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)
Politico’s Ben White: “Gotta Call That A Win…Didn’t Back Off Policies; Seemed Responsive, Willing To Mix It Up.” “Gotta call that a win for @JebBush at #CPAC2015. Didn't back off policies; seemed responsive, willing to mix it up.” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)
The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza: “A Politician Of Conviction Who Had Total Command Of Who He Was And What He Believed.” “In its place was a politician of conviction who had total command of who he was and what he believed.” (The Washington Post, 2/27/15)
National Review’s Rich Lowry: “Jeb Gets Questioned On All The Tough Topics By Sean, And Emerges Unscathed.” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)
The Hill’s Jessica Taylor: “Jeb Turned In A Really Strong Performance.” “That had the potential to be disastrous, but Jeb turned in a really strong performance. #CPAC2015” (Twitter.com, Accessed, 2/27/15)
The Weekly Standard’s John McCormack: “Strong Performance By Jeb.” (Twitter.com, 2/27/15)
Associated Press: “Bush Recounted Eight Years Of Pushing Tax Cuts, Job Growth And Smaller Government As Governor…” “In what could be a warm-up to his CPAC appearance, Bush recounted eight years of pushing tax cuts, job growth and smaller government as governor when he spokeThursday to the anti-tax group Club for Growth.” (Associated Press, 2/27/15)
The Hill’s Jonathan Easley: “Jeb Bush Stood His Ground…Giving A Strong Defense Of His Conservative Record…” “Jeb Bush stood his ground in front of an occasionally hostile crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, giving a strong defense of his conservative record that seemed to slowly disarm his opponents in the crowd.” (The Hill, 2/27/15)
Politico’s James Hohmann: “Bush Bragged About Ending Affirmative Action…Praised Supply-Side Economics And Declared [He’d Like] To Phase Out The Export-Import Bank.” “Speaking to 200 of the right’s top donors at the Club for Growth’s annual meeting here, Bush bragged about ending affirmative action for in-state colleges, praised supply-side economics and declared that he would like to phase out the Export-Import Bank.”(Politico, 2/26/15)
USA Today’s Catalina Camia And David Jackson: “The Former Florida Governor…Reminded The Standing-Room Only Crowd That He Has Experience And Tangible Achievements.” “The former Florida governor told the Conservative Political Action Conference that he is a ‘practicing, reform-minded conservative’ and reminded the standing-room only crowd that he has experience and tangible achievements in boosting the economy and changing the way a government operates.” (USA Today, 2/27/15)
TIME Magazine’s Alex Altman And Zeke Miller: “After Bush’s Remarks, Hundreds Of Supporters Waited In Line For A Closed-Press Reception With The Former Governor.” (TIME Magazine, 2/27/15)
Wall Street Journal’s Janet Hook And Rebecca Ballhaus: “Attendees Also Said Mr. Bush Appeared Comfortable And Personable Answering Questions On Stage, Which Made Him More Appealing To Them.” (Wall Street Journal, 2/27/15)
