Rove On Jeb’s Biggest Weakness: Common Core Puts Him Close To Obama

FILE - This March 2, 2013 file photo shows Republican strategist Karl Rove speaking in Sacramento, Calif. After a stretch of anemic fundraising, the Karl Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC raised more cash in ... FILE - This March 2, 2013 file photo shows Republican strategist Karl Rove speaking in Sacramento, Calif. After a stretch of anemic fundraising, the Karl Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC raised more cash in March than it did during the previous 14 months combined, according to summaries of campaign filings released Monday. The GOP establishment’s favorite super PAC raised almost $5.2 million last month and had more than $6.3 million in the bank as of March 31, according to the report summary. That cash will be used as the outside group tries to help Republicans pick up the six Senate seats they need to win control. American Crossroads has been running ads supporting establishment GOP candidates in Alaska and North Carolina and is expected to support former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown in his bid to unseat Democrat Jeanne Sheheen in New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) MORE LESS
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As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) moves toward running for president the common analysis is that either Bush’s stance on immigration or Common Core will be his biggest weakness. Karl Rove thinks it’s Common Core.

“Common Core is, I think, the biggest challenge he faces,” Rove said during an interview with Fox News highlighted by The Hill. “The question is, how can he defend high academic standards which he believes in, when it has been conflated with the Obama administration.”

It’s a view that many have shared and the former Florida governor hasn’t always shied away from. His two signature issues are immigration reform and education and supporting the set of education standards that have been adopted in all but seven states. Common Core is a favorite target of tea party Republicans.

Rove is the former mastermind and “architect” behind former President George W. Bush’s rise and time in the White House.

On Tuesday Bush unveiled his new leadership political action committee: the Right to Rise PAC. In the rollout he seems to have outlined his angle for running for president: focus on economic mobility through conservative policies, fix the nation’s immigration system, and focus on educational policy and educational choice.

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  1. Common Core has nothing to do with Obama, you dolt.

  2. Funny, the fatal flaw of any potential run by John Ellis is the fact he is a Bush.

  3. When has that ever stopped an idiotic conservatard meme?

  4. Karl, Common Core is NOT the biggest challenge he faces. The biggest challenge is his last name.

  5. Um, pretty sure Jeb’s biggest weakness is his connection to his brother, not to President Obama.

    Karl Rove sure is a political genius, ain’t he? They don’t call him Turd Blossom for lack of trying.

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