Catching his gaffe, Bush quickly reversed his candidate status within the same sentence: “I’m running for president in 2016, and the focus is going to be how we—if I run—how we create high, sustained economic growth.”
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Of course, everyone knows Bush has his eyes on the Oval Office. It’s in his blood, after all. But this appears to be the first time he’s blatantly said so in public.
Now the hard part begins. According to the Real Clear Politics poll average, Bush leads the pack of Republican presidential hopefuls by just 0.6 percent, with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio hot on his tail.
Andrew Couts is the former editor of Layer 8, a section dedicated to the intersection of the Internet and the state—and the gaps in between. Prior to the Daily Dot, Couts served as features editor and features writer for Digital Trends, associate editor of TheWeek.com, and associate editor at Maxim magazine. When he’s not working, Couts can be found hiking with his German shepherds or blasting around on motorcycles.
