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Article: Curse of big brother stalks Jeb Bush
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- June 11, 2006
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HE IS a popular governor of a pivotal southern state, who has
impressed with his leadership of hurricane relief efforts, is a
charismatic speaker and a renowned policy expert - and is steeped in
political campaigning.
Normally, such attributes and qualifications, along with his small
government, libertarian brand of conservatism, would make him a front
runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.
But the governor of Florida, who has a popularity rating of 63 per
cent in his home state, has one disadvantage that overshadows
everything else - his surname is Bush.
Many Republicans fear that Jeb Bush, the younger brother of