Courtesy of Mish.
A CNN/ORC Poll shows Bush surges to 2016 GOP frontrunner.
Bush took first place with 23% in a new nationwide poll, putting him 10 points ahead of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who tallied 13%. Physician Ben Carson comes in third, with 7% support, and Sen. Rand Paul and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are both tied for fourth with 6%.
Bush Dumps Corporate Commitments
Jeb Bush has not yet formally announced he is running, but actions suggest a 100% likelihood.
Fearing a backlash like Romney had with his ties to Bain Capital, Jeb Bush Resigned from All Boards, an action that will cost him as much as a million dollars a year.
I propose, if those board positions mattered ever, then they still matter now. Would it really have mattered if Romney shed all his ties with Bain Capital? Why would it?
If anything, dumping those corporate ties makes it look like there’s some garbage that needs to be hidden. And if there is smelly garbage, it’s 100% likely to surface.
But that’s not how these guys see it.
Please consider Jeb Bush Sheds Corporate Commitments to Help 2016 Presidential Run.
Technically, Jeb Bush – son of President George Bush Sr and younger brother of President George W Bush – is still only “exploring” whether to seek the Republican nomination. But severing his many business ties means forgoing millions of dollars in consultancy earnings and is likely to prove almost as indicative of his determination to follow in family footsteps as did his announcement of a fundraising committee last month.
Disentangling the extensive business interests that Bush has built up since standing down as governor in 2007 has not been a simple exercise. His first major resignation – as an adviser to Barclays following its purchase of Lehman Brothers – was confirmed by the British bank three weeks ago, after questions were raised about whether it and other controversial relationships could prove his achilles heel.
He is also still reviewing what to do about some directly owned business interests such as the consulting firm Jeb Bush & Associates, according to the Washington Post, which first reported the latest news….
