Word: jeb
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...student test scores a fair way to judge a teacher's effectiveness - and to decide their pay? That's the controversial question at the heart of Florida Governor Jeb Bush's ambitious education reform package that the state legislature will be debating over the next several weeks...
Early on, jokes about the pair began turning up in Bush-family monologues. Barbara Bush dubbed them the odd couple. After Bush allowed as how he might be the father Clinton never really had, Florida Governor Jeb Bush referred to Clinton as "Bro." Bush 43 joined in too, telling guests at a private white-tie dinner that when Clinton woke up from his March operation, he was "surrounded by his loved ones: Hillary, Chelsea...
...brother of the president, a member of the nation's reigning Republican political dynasty; the other is a movie star who married into the nation's most enduring Democratic political dynasty. Between them, they govern two of the biggest states in the country. But while Florida's Jeb Bush and California's Arnold Schwarzenegger certainly have the highest profiles of any state leaders in the U.S., neither has been able to translate that celebrity into full-blown success. In fact, each has learned the hard way that star power doesn't help nearly as much after an election as before...
Unlike Schwarzenegger, Jeb Bush, 52, has never tried to claim he's an outsider or antipolitician. But his commitment to conservative principles has proved to be a mixed blessing for both himself and the state of Florida. For all his genuine accomplishments in such areas as school accountability, economic diversification and management of the state's explosive growth over his seven years in office, Bush has too often been tripped up by partisan plays. There was his much criticized role in the 2000 election recount, but he also looked desperate, fighting to keep Terri Schiavo alive earlier this year...
...about to begin his final year in office, Bush is often mentioned as a Republican presidential prospect in 2008 or 2012. Still, many observers think he will focus instead on promoting the possible political career of his telegenic son George P. Bush. Like any savvy politician, Jeb knows--as surely as Arnold does--that the only way to maintain star power is to keep building the brand...