Jeb Bush to speak in the SMPA Oct. 21

September 3, 2009

Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida, will speak in the Jack Morton Auditorium on Oct. 21 for an event hosted by the College Republicans.

The CRs announced this event at their kickoff with Virginia candidate Bob McDonnell Wednesday night. Tickets are free and available to all students, but preference will be given to dues paying College Republicans members.

Bush is “very successful and popular. He is successful at taking Republican ideas and turning them into solid economic growth,” said Andrew Clark, the CR’s communications director.

Some political commentators have speculated about a possible presidential run in 2012 for Bush, the son of former U.S. President George Bush and brother of former U.S. president George W. Bush.

“This is one of the reasons he’ll be so well received [as a speaker],” Clark said. “There’s a lot of speculation about him running for president, and it’s kept him in headlines.”

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