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(CBS NEWS) - Former
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, [shilling for evangelical votes] will deliver the commencement address at
Liberty University on May 9, school officials announced Wednesday.
"Liberty
University is honored to welcome Governor Jeb Bush to campus for our
42nd Commencement exercises," the university's president, Jerry
Falwell, said in a statement.
"Throughout his years of public service, Governor Bush has been
a champion for excellence in education and so many other issues of
vital importance to our university community."
The
announcement comes as Bush
lays the groundwork for a 2016 presidential run. The
former governor is well-liked by the GOP establishment, and his
address at Liberty, which bills itself as the world's largest
Christian college, could be an early opportunity to court the party's
evangelical conservative base.
The
university was founded in 1971 by Falwell's father, Jerry Falwell
Sr., who was a leading figure on the religious right. Its campus in
Virginia has drawn many ambitious Republicans to speak in recent
years.
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