--- title: Barbara Bush: Jeb Bush Should Run in 2016 Presidential Election description: Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush finally has his mother’s blessing to run for the nation’s highest office. canonical: https://time.com/3710183/barbara-bush-jeb-bush-presidential-election/ author: Josh Sanburn article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-14T14:29:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:23.901Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Wins the All-Important Barbara Bush Primary og:description: A third Bush in the White House is fine, former first lady says. og:url: https://time.com/3710183/barbara-bush-jeb-bush-presidential-election/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d8a4992d72e20f1/69877f59428a9e050ccc7265/ap80942778497.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4896 og:image:height: 2754 og:image:alt: Barbara Bush og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeb Wins the All-Important Barbara Bush Primary twitter:description: A third Bush in the White House is fine, former first lady says. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d8a4992d72e20f1/69877f59428a9e050ccc7265/ap80942778497.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeb Wins the All-Important Barbara Bush Primary > Sponsored content. 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Bukaty—AP by [Josh Sanburn](https://time.com/author/josh-sanburn/) ## Josh Sanburn Feb 14, 2015 2:29 PM UTC Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush finally has his mother’s blessing to run for the nation’s highest office. Barbara Bush—who [publicly and repeatedly acknowledged her aversion](http://swampland.time.com/2013/04/25/barbara-bush-says-weve-had-enough-bushes-as-president/) to a third Bush occupying the White House—said Friday that, well, she’s changed her mind. **MORE:** [Jeb Bush: Not Running From Common Core, But Not Saying it Either](http://time.com/3703727/jeb-bush-common-core-iowa/) The comments came at a Florida charity event attended by her son Jeb, who is actively exploring a 2016 presidential run, and included the former first lady being beamed in via Skype. “What do you mean, ‘too many Bushes,’? she said, [according to the Washington _Post_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/02/13/barbara-bush-i-changed-my-mind-about-bush-dynasty/?tid=hpModule%5Fba0d4c2a-86a2-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394&hpid=z11). “I changed my mind.” The _Post_ reported that Barbara Bush added that the nation’s problems were too dire to worry about the last name of the White House’s occupant. **MORE:** [Jeb Bush Hopes to Win the General Election by Losing the Weight](http://time.com/3703764/jeb-bush-paleo-diet/) The former Florida governor, whose father George H.W. Bush and brother George W. Bush both served as president, said earlier in the week that he is [“totally focused”](http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/jeb-bush-testing-presidential-run-my-life-is-totally-focused-on-this/2216995) on exploring a presidential run as political action groups linked to Bush appear to be financially [far outpacing](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jeb-bushs-war-chest-far-outpacing-field-of-gop-contenders/2015/02/13/1fd3c076-b2f1-11e4-886b-c22184f27c35%5Fstory.html) those linked to other possible candidates. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3710183/barbara-bush-jeb-bush-presidential-election/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3710183/barbara-bush-jeb-bush-presidential-election/"},"headline":"Jeb Wins the All-Important Barbara Bush Primary","datePublished":"2015-02-14T14:29:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:23.901Z","description":"A third Bush in the White House is fine, former first lady says","url":"https://time.com/3710183/barbara-bush-jeb-bush-presidential-election/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election","jeb bush","Barbara Bush"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d8a4992d72e20f1/69877f59428a9e050ccc7265/ap80942778497.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Josh Sanburn","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/josh-sanburn/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d8a4992d72e20f1/69877f59428a9e050ccc7265/ap80942778497.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Barbara Bush","caption":"Barbara Bush","creditText":"Robert F. 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