{"id":500,"date":"2013-03-13T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/highplainsblogger.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/13\/thats-right-another-bush-enters-the-arena"},"modified":"2013-03-13T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T10:10:00","slug":"thats-right-another-bush-enters-the-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=500","title":{"rendered":"That\u2019s right, another Bush enters the arena"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The wait is over. George Prescott Bush \u2013 grandson of a president, nephew of another and son of a former Florida governor \u2013 is running for Texas land commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Just when you thought you\u2019d seen the last Bush seeking political glory in the Lone Star State, along comes George P.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/other-races\/287703-george-p-bush-running-for-statewide-office-in-texas\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/other-races\/287703-george-p-bush-running-for-statewide-office-in-texas\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/other-races\/287703-george-p-bush-running-for-statewide-office-in-texas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I do not intend to denigrate the young lawyer, who now calls Fort Worth home. I don\u2019t know much about him, other than Republicans all across the state \u2013 I\u2019m assuming \u2013 are glad to have him in the political family.<\/p>\n<p>The land commissioner\u2019s office is an important one in Texas. The office administers the state\u2019s veterans home loan program and watches over the state\u2019s public lands, although there\u2019s not much public land in Texas, compared to say many other states farther west.<\/p>\n<p>The current land commissioner, Jerry Patterson, has his eyes on another office, lieutenant governor. But as is the case in every Texas election year, 2014 will shake out only after all the state\u2019s constitutional officeholders decide what they intend to do. If the current lieutenant governor, David Dewhurst, runs for re-election, that could pit Patterson against a fellow Republican powerhouse. But what if Patterson decides he seek re-election? That means George P. has to challenge a fearless incumbent and it exposes him to losing his first-ever race for elected public office.<\/p>\n<p>George P. is seen as an attractive Republican. He speaks Spanish fluently, which helps in a state with such a huge Spanish-speaking population. It doesn\u2019t hurt that he\u2019s \u201ctelegenic.\u201d Nor does it hurt \u2013 at least in Texas \u2013 that he has last name of Bush, which might be the kiss of death almost anywhere else in America, given Uncle George W.\u2019s record as president.<\/p>\n<p>But if the young Bush has his eyes, also, on even higher political office, he\u2019ll have to settle with boning up on issues pertinent to the General Land Office. I wish George P. Bush good luck as he tries to stay focused. Texas land commissioner might not be a glamorous job, but it\u2019s a big deal to veterans needing a home loan.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wait is over. George Prescott Bush \u2013 grandson of a president, nephew of another and son of a former Florida governor \u2013 is running for Texas land commissioner. Just when you thought you\u2019d seen the last Bush seeking political glory in the Lone Star State, along comes George P. http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/other-races\/287703-george-p-bush-running-for-statewide-office-in-texas I do not intend &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=500\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">That\u2019s right, another Bush enters the arena<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}