Dems Ready Attack on Jeb Bush

All I can do is tell them I am my own man.  Right Poppy?

(US News & World Report) - The Democratic playbook against likely Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is taking shape, and it's based on attacking his record as Florida governor, tarnishing him with the unpopular policies of his brother, former President George W. Bush, and portraying him as a politician rooted in the past, not looking toward the future.

Bush is expected to announce his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in the next few weeks....

When asked about how his views stack up with his brother's, especially George W. Bush's still-unpopular decision to invade Iraq, Jeb Bush tends to be vague in his replies, noting that he will address such matters later in the campaign if he runs. But he is going on the offensive against the current Democratic administration. On Saturday, he endorsed a more muscular foreign policy than the one President Barack Obama is implementing.

"The basic policy should be our friends know we have their back over the long haul, and our enemies need to fear us again," Bush told a Republican convention in Columbia, South Carolina, according to The Associated Press. Bush said Obama's foreign policy has been an "unmitigated disaster."

Overall, he insists he will show that he is his "own man" and not a clone of his father or his brother.

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