--- title: Jeb Bush Says Students Would Be Better Moderators description: The former Florida Governor says the young people who asked him questions about schools had better approach than CNBC moderators. canonical: https://time.com/4105798/fox-business-debate-jeb-bush-moderators/ author: Philip Elliott article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-10T00:39:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:00.197Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Bush Says Students Would Be Better Moderators og:description: The former Florida Governor says the young people who asked him questions about schools had better approach than CNBC moderators. og:url: https://time.com/4105798/fox-business-debate-jeb-bush-moderators/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb95c12029aae85f/698870433c1639696345aa09/jeb-bush-moderators.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush greats guests at non-profit organization La Casa de Esperanza during a campaign stop with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on November 9, 2015 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeb Bush Says Students Would Be Better Moderators twitter:description: The former Florida Governor says the young people who asked him questions about schools had better approach than CNBC moderators. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb95c12029aae85f/698870433c1639696345aa09/jeb-bush-moderators.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeb Bush Says Students Would Be Better Moderators  by [Philip Elliott / Waukesha, Wis.](https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/)  ## Philip Elliott / Waukesha, Wis. Senior Correspondent Nov 10, 2015 12:39 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush greats guests at non-profit organization La Casa de Esperanza during a campaign stop with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on November 9, 2015 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush greats guests at non-profit organization La Casa de Esperanza during a campaign stop with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on November 9, 2015 in Waukesha, Wisconsin.Scott Olson—Getty Images  by [Philip Elliott / Waukesha, Wis.](https://time.com/author/philip-elliott/)  ## Philip Elliott / Waukesha, Wis. Senior Correspondent Nov 10, 2015 12:39 AM UTC Jeb Bush is still grousing about last week’s debate on CNBC, telling students near Milwaukee on Monday that they ask better questions than some moderators. The Republican White House hopeful, who is preparing for Tuesday’s debate on Fox Business, visited a charter school in Waukesha with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to talk about school choice. The event broke no new ground, although it did allow Bush, a former Florida Governor, to talk about one of his favorite topics. “We must empower parents to make more choices,” Bush said to students and parent who joined a Hispanics for School Choice forum at La Casa de Esperanza. Toward the end of the otherwise dull event, Bush thanked the students who were asking him questions about school vouchers, graduation rates and Christian education. “Those three questions, they’re better than the moderated debate questions. Just saying,” Bush said to chuckles. “If you’re free tomorrow night, maybe you can come by the arena.” CNBC has faced unrelenting criticism of their debate, which at times became chaotic as candidates shouted over each other. Fox Business has pledged to be the anti-CNBC debate when moderators meet the candidates in a Milwaukee theater. For their part, Bush advisers are hoping the Fox Business debate forces candidates to offer serious policy proposals beyond vague statements in support of free markets. Bush, a policy wonk who has found it tough to convert brains to votes, stands to shine at such a forum if given a shot. More importantly, advisers say, it leaves open a chance for Bush’s rivals to be shown as inferior on the intricacies of policy. **Read Next:** [_Who Lost the Republican Debate? The Media_](http://time.com/4092090/republican-debate-news-media/) ### See Jeb Bush's Life in Photos  George W. Bush and Jeb Bush, Jan. 1, 1955. Sygma/Corbis  From left to right: Doro, Marvin, Neil, and Jeb Bush, fall 1963. George Bush Presidential Library  From left to right: Doro, George, Jeb, Marvin, George W., Neil, and Barbara Bush, 1966. George Bush Presidential Library  Jeb Bush (center) was the varsity tennis team captain during his senior year at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., 1971. Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library  George Bush and his four sons, Neil, Jeb, George W. and Marvin in 1970. Bob E. Daemmrich—Sygma/Corbis  Jeb and Columba Bush on their wedding day, Feb. 23, 1974. George Bush Presidential Library  Jeb Bush loudly applauds his father, Republican presidential hopeful George Bush, at a campaign rally in Concord, N.H. on Feb. 28, 1980. Frank Lorenzo—Bettmann/Corbis  Vice President George Bush holds a fish with his sons George W. and Jeb during a family vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine in Aug. 1983. Cynthia Johnson—Getty Images  From left to right (without children): Neil and Sharon Bush, George W. Bush and wife Laura, Barbara and George Bush, Margaret and Marvin, Bobby Koch and Dorothy, Jeb and Columba, are seen in this Bush family photo taken in Kennebunkport, Maine on Aug. 24, 1986. Dave Valdez—White House/Sygma/Corbis  Jeb Bush plays cards with his son while riding in a recreational vehicle, Nov. 8, 1993. Christopher Little—Corbis  Jeb Bush is interviewed at a Miami Radio Station, WIOD, Mar. 1980\. He went on to become Governor of Florida in 1999. Tim Chapman—Getty Images  George W. Bush and Jeb Bush at the Republican Governors' Convention in New Orleans, 1998. Nina Berman—SIPA  Texas governor George W. Bush celebrates good news with his brother, Florida governor Jeb Bush, while watching the presidential election returns, prior to being elected as President of the United States, inside the Governor's Mansion in Austin, Nov. 7, 2000. Brooks Kraft—Sygma/Corbis  Republican governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, studies his laptop watching vote returns for his reelection his wife Columba Bush and his parents, former President George Bush and first lady Barbara Bush in Miami on Nov. 5, 2002. Joe Burbank—Orlando Sentinel/MCT/Getty Images  Republican nominee for President, Mitt Romney, campaigns around Florida with Governor Jeb Bush, left, Senator Marco Rubio, right, and Congressman Connie Mack, left back of head, in Coral Gables, Fla. on Oct., 31, 2012. Melina Mara—The Washington Post/Getty Images  Jeb Bush speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md. on Feb. 27, 2015. 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