...- George Herbert Walker IV, President Bush’s second cousin, was global head of asset management at Lehman, having joined from Goldman Sachs (GS) in 2006. In September, when Lehman agreed to sell its asset management unit, including Neuberger Berman, to Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman for $2.15 billion, Walker agreed to go with the deal. He’s now CEO of Neuberger Investment Management, now owned by private equity.
- Jeb Bush, the President’s brother and former Governor of Florida, was a senior adviser for Lehman’s private equity arm. He parted ways with Lehman around the time of the bankruptcy....
Left: CT scan of normal brain; Right: Schiavo's 2002 CT scan provided by Ronald Cranford, showing loss of brain tissue. The black area is liquid, indicating hydrocephalus ex vacuo. The glowing piece in the right image is the Thalamic stimulator implanted in her brain.
Jeb Bush steps in for Schindler-Schiavo (click here)
Supports woman whose court-ordered starvation begins in 8 days
...In papers delivered yesterday afternoon to the Federal Courthouse in Tampa, assistant counsel Christa Calamas, on behalf of Gov. Bush, asked U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara for permission for the governor to appear as a friend of the court and to file an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, brief supporting the preliminary injunction filed by Terri's parents....
Why Rachel Maddow is 'thankful' Bush administration is ending (click here -video)
David Edwards
Published: Thursday November 27, 2008
What is it about the Bush administration that makes people so thankful it's ending? MSNBC's Rachel Maddow put together a list of Bush officials that have been indicted or resigned abruptly in order to recall "just how bad the bad old times have been."...
Jeb Bush's bid for Senate could clear GOP field (click title to entry, thank you)
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON – 36 minutes ago
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Still popular in Florida, former Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday that he's interested in the seat Sen. Mel Martinez is giving up, and the field of possible candidates could quickly narrow to make way for the president's younger brother.
Bush, 55, won praise from Democrats and Republicans alike for leading the state through eight hurricanes over a two-year period. He used standardized testing to overhaul the education system, was credited with making government more efficient and lowered taxes to make Florida more business-friendly.
While his older brother, soon-to-be former President George W. Bush, has been so unpopular that he has been a liability to many Republican candidates this year, Jeb Bush remains a popular figure here....
Jeb hadn't gotten the word? We are looking at a National Health Insurance Plan for the nation.
Expand Medicaid Reforms (click here)
By JEB BUSH
Special to the Tribune
Published: November 29, 2008
...The tenets of the reform are simple. New Medicaid is a patient-centered system that respects individual participants by empowering them to direct their own health care. It provides choices, promotes preventive care, reduces inefficiency and prevents fraud. Most importantly, the reform plan harnesses the power of the marketplace to foster innovation and spur competition, which improves the quality of care for our most vulnerable Floridians and drives down the costs to taxpayers who are paying the medical bills....
Number of uninsured children climbs in Florida (click here)
By Kelli Kennedy
The Associated Press
10:50 AM EST, November 28, 2008
MIAMI - Nearly 19 percent or 797,000 children in Florida do not have health insurance -- the second highest percentage in the country -- and experts expect the number to rise as more parents are laid off, according to a report released this week. The number may also rise as employers increase insurance costs, the report said.More troubling, the study was conducted between 2005 and 2007 and does not reflect this year's financial woes.Families USA, a nonprofit health advocacy group, estimates the actual number of uninsured children in the country right now is far greater than the 8.6 million reported in 2007.Only Texas had a higher percentage of uninsured children with 20.5 percent....
...Former Gov. Jeb Bush was widely criticized a few years ago when he made it more difficult for children to enroll, requiring parents to resubmit paperwork more often to prove they were eligible. Some of those restrictions have eased a bit....
Crist v. Rubio on Jeb candidacy
posted by Aaron Deslatte on Dec 3, 2008 2:39:48 PM
Crist v. Rubio on Jeb candidacy posted by Aaron Deslatte on Dec 3, 2008 2:39:48 PM
Gov. Charlie Crist sounded cool today to both the idea of running for the U.S. Senate himself and the chance that former Gov. Jeb Bush might seek the seat.
Advisors to Crist have said the chances are slim to none that the current governor would want to seek the vacancy created by current U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, who won't stand for re-election....
Father Raymond J. De Souza on the Bush legacy: Prosecutors, but no defence (click here)
Posted: November 27, 2008, 9:45 AM by Kelly McParland
Father Raymond J. De Souza
...The current Bush administration, to the contrary, has been dominated by people who had no further aspirations to high public office — Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft. The lack of political ambition in Bush’s administration, especially in comparison to his two predecessors, explains in part why he felt at liberty to go where the public would not follow. It explains too why so few today have a stake in defending him.
What's next for GOP?: Hispanics key for Republicans (click here)
Kingsley Guy COLUMNIST
November 30, 2008
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist had some savvy advice for his Republican colleagues during the recent Republican Governors Association conference in Miami."You have to be inclusive," Crist said. "You have to work for a big tent. That's about as obvious as the nose on your face."Yet, it's amazing how many Republicans can't tell their noses from their tightly shut eyes. Unless GOP leaders, across the board, open their eyes and work to broaden the GOP base, the party could find itself relegated to permanent minority status....
Thankful for small things, like the Miami Herald business page
...Yes, faithful readers, this dense story is back, and I'm still wondering why Jeb Bush hasn't been called on the carpet over this one....
