--- title: When Jeb Bush's Top Strategist Sat Next to Rand Paul on a Plane description: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's top political strategist sat next to Rand Paul on a plane, so naturally he live-tweeted it. canonical: https://time.com/3919068/jeb-bush-rand-paul-mike-murphy-tweets/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-12T15:13:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T08:09:48.192Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Bush's Top Strategist Live-Tweets Flight with Rand Paul og:description: And it was pretty funny. og:url: https://time.com/3919068/jeb-bush-rand-paul-mike-murphy-tweets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta156d9e73aeb3fc4/6988543de20a877824a8bcf0/rand-paul-airport.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks to the media after departing a flight at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeb Bush's Top Strategist Live-Tweets Flight with Rand Paul twitter:description: And it was pretty funny. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta156d9e73aeb3fc4/6988543de20a877824a8bcf0/rand-paul-airport.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # When Jeb Bush's Top Strategist Sat Next to Rand Paul on a Plane by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 12, 2015 3:13 PM UTC  Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks to the media after departing a flight at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks to the media after departing a flight at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Jun 12, 2015 3:13 PM UTC You know what they say: Politics makes strange seatmates. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s top political strategist, Mike Murphy, noticed the person next to him on a commercial flight was none other than one of his boss’ rivals in the 2016 GOP primary, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. So, naturally, he began tweeting about it. > [](https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/609361488155963392) > [](https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/609361790292598785) > [](https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/609361870177366016) > [](https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/609362288622092288) > [](https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/609362558861082624) > [](https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/609362689626873856) > [](https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/609370718942429184) > [](https://twitter.com/murphymike/status/609370863780130816) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3919068/jeb-bush-rand-paul-mike-murphy-tweets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3919068/jeb-bush-rand-paul-mike-murphy-tweets/"},"headline":"When Jeb Bush's Top Strategist Sat Next to Rand Paul on a Plane","datePublished":"2015-06-12T15:13:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:09:48.192Z","description":"Former Florida Gov. 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