Jeb: I Am ‘My Own Person’

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Jeb Bush had fighting words at his Wednesday speech at the Detroit Economic Club. The former Florida governor, who is actively thinking of running for president, said he was down for a rumble—at least, if anyone tried to say a bad word about his father, George H.W. Bush.

“My dad is the greatest man alive, and if anybody disagrees, we’ll go outside,” Bush said with a smile. “Unless you’re, like, six-five and two-fifty and much younger than me. Then we’ll negotiate. I’m still not going to change my mind.”

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