Does Jeb Bush have an ingenious plan, or is he stuck in the same old Republican flip-flop on immigration that’s blamed for busting Mitt Romney?
With Mitt Romney dropping his presidential aspirations on Friday, more gazes are set upon Jeb Bush. The Florida ex-governor leads the polls among potential GOP candidates, amassing cash and allies for one monumental campaign.
But there’s one break-neck hurdle in his way–immigration. After all, it was Romney’s comment that illegal immigrants should deport themselves that was later blamed for his failed 2012 run (Latinos didn’t like it).
Bush seems to be well aware of the divisive issue, even writing a book on it. But how many voters are going to read it?
Instead, his Friday five-minute bit on immigration in San Franciso may have sent him down Mitt’s road.
Talking about some 5 million immigrants who live in the country illegally by overstaying their visa, Bush said, to applause, that “we ought to be able to find where they are and politely ask them to leave.”
