--- title: Bush Super PAC Goes After Christie, Kasich description: A super PAC backing former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is going after two other Republican governors: Chris Christie and John Kasich. canonical: https://time.com/4163491/jeb-bush-chris-christie-john-kasich-ad/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-29T20:03:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T21:21:13.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bush Super PAC Goes After Christie, Kasich og:description: The three governors are competing in New Hampshire. og:url: https://time.com/4163491/jeb-bush-chris-christie-john-kasich-ad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99f0a4e292127fd/69887716196cf44b1e039a54/jeb-bush1.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 and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush holds a meet and greet at Chico's Restaurant on December 28, 2015 in Hialeah, Florida. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bush Super PAC Goes After Christie, Kasich twitter:description: The three governors are competing in New Hampshire. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte99f0a4e292127fd/69887716196cf44b1e039a54/jeb-bush1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bush Super PAC Goes After Christie, Kasich by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:21 PM UTCPublished: Dec 29, 2015 8:03 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush holds a meet and greet at Chico's Restaurant on December 28, 2015 in Hialeah, Florida. Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush holds a meet and greet at Chico's Restaurant on December 28, 2015 in Hialeah, Florida.Johnny Louis—FilmMagic by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:21 PM UTCPublished: Dec 29, 2015 8:03 PM UTC A super PAC backing former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is going after two other Republican governors: Chris Christie and John Kasich. Called “Three Governors,” the new ad from Right to Rise compares their handling of natural disasters, jobs, the Affordable Care Act and ISIS. “Three Republican governors,” a narrator intones. “But which governor won national praise for tough leadership handling nine hurricanes? Which governor made his state No. 1 in job creation? Which governor led the fight to stop Obamacare expansion in his state? And which governor laid out a tough plan to destroy ISIS months before the Paris attacks? Jeb Bush.” Bush left office in 2007, three years before the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, but the ad cites stories referencing a private meeting in 2013 in which he [told Florida state lawmakers](http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/341249/jeb-bush-privately-told-florida-republicans-oppose-medicaid-expansion-robert-costa) to oppose the Medicaid expansion. He is in direct competition with Christie and Kasich in New Hampshire, the first-in-the-nation primary which many in the Republican Establishment hope will help elevate a moderate to compete with frontrunner Donald Trump. The ad is the first significant time that Right to Rise has gone after the other two candidates. It comes as the super PAC also unleashed an ad criticizing Sen. Marco Rubio over his Senate attendance record. A Kasich spokesman called the ad “flattering.” “They forgot to check the box for ‘Which governor is living in the past because he has no ideas for fixing it?’” said spokesman Rob Nichols. “You only attack who you fear and who’s beating you, so it only reaffirms the governor’s strength in New Hampshire. It’s actually flattering.” **Read Next:** [_Bush Super PAC Slams Rubio Attendance Record_](http://time.com/4163089/jeb-bush-marco-rubio-ad/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4163491/jeb-bush-chris-christie-john-kasich-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4163491/jeb-bush-chris-christie-john-kasich-ad/"},"headline":"Bush Super PAC Goes After Christie, Kasich","datePublished":"2015-12-29T20:03:22.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T21:21:13.000Z","description":"A super PAC backing former Florida Gov. 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