It’s getting harder and harder for Jeb Bush to hide whose side he’s on in the Florida GOP Senate primary. In a new interview with Newsmax, Bush took his successor, Gov. Charlie Crist, to task over his support for the economic recovery package, calling Crist’s decision to back the plan “unforgivable.” Then he attacked Crist’s attempts to back away from the decision as Marco Rubio gained traction in the primary race.
“He did it the day before the [stimulus] vote, it was a mistake, and then he denies that he would have supported the bill,” Bush said. “I know I’m supposed to be politically correct, and I said I was neutral and all that, [but] I got a problem with that.”
The video is after the jump.
For months, Bush has tried to keep his allegiances in the primary a secret. Even in the Newsmax interview, he says he’s not ready to make a public endorsement. But he’s been hitting Crist since the start of the campaign, first attacking the the national GOP for backing Crist in the contest.
Jeb Bush’s son, George, has already publicly endorsed Rubio and appeared at a fundraiser for him.
Now, it seems, Jeb is ready to make his intentions clear. Check out the classic damning with faint praise he gives Crist starting at 23:10:
Alternative would have been a focus on tax cuts, on the American private sector.
