--- title: George W. Bush Thinks Jeb Wants to Be President in 2016 description: Former President George W. Bush said in an interview that aired Thursday that he thinks Jeb wants to be president canonical: https://time.com/3456638/george-bush-jeb-president-politics-election-2016/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-02T15:53:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:33:09.011Z article:section: Politics og:title: George W. 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Bush Thinks His Brother, Jeb, Wants to Be President by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 2, 2014 3:53 PM UTC  Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida, speaks at the World Business Forum in New York, U.S., on Oct. 1, 2013. Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida, speaks at the World Business Forum in New York, U.S., on Oct. 1, 2013.Peter Foley—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 2, 2014 3:53 PM UTC Former President George W. Bush [said](http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/02/politics/george-bush-jeb-wants-to-be-president/index.html) in an interview that aired Thursday that he thinks his younger brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, wants to be president in 2016. “He and I had a conversation,” Bush [told](http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/02/politics/george-bush-jeb-wants-to-be-president/index.html) _Fox and Friends_. “I of course was pushing him to run for president. He of course was saying, ‘I haven’t made up my mind.'” Bush added, “I think he wants to be president.” There has been [significant speculation](http://online.wsj.com/articles/former-florida-gov-jeb-bush-sends-signals-about-2016-presidential-run-1409876227) within the Republican Party as to whether the younger Bush, 61, will run for the office that his brother and father have previously held. It could potentially create another Clinton vs. Bush race for the White House if former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to also announce her candidacy. \[[_CNN_](http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/02/politics/george-bush-jeb-wants-to-be-president/index.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3456638/george-bush-jeb-president-politics-election-2016/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3456638/george-bush-jeb-president-politics-election-2016/"},"headline":"George W. 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