http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/us/politics/jeb-bush-works-to-recover-from-a-shaky-start.html?_r=0Jeb Bush Works to Recover From a Shaky Start
By JONATHAN MARTIN and PATRICK HEALYJUNE 13, 2015
WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush had a plan for the last six months he spent as an unannounced candidate for president. He would raise tens of millions of dollars, distinguish himself from his brother’s controversial presidency, start winning over conservatives and establish himself as the Republican to beat for his party’s nomination.
Other than raising the money, little has gone as he had hoped. He has been torn between defending and distancing himself from George W. Bush, been unable to assuage party activists uneasy with his immigration and education views, and run into a wall of opposition on the right. And now, as he prepares to make his candidacy official on Monday, Mr. Bush finds himself in a position he could not have imagined: Part of a pack of candidates, and the target of questions about his own competence and conservatism.
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