Obama: Jeb has ‘every right’ to seek presidency
President Obama responded to news that Jeb Bush would actively explore a campaign to succeed him in the White House, saying the former Florida governor has “every right” to do so.
“The Bush family, I love personally,” Obama told ABC “World News Tonight.” “They are good people. Jeb’s father, George H.W., has been here many times, in some cases with Jeb. And they are a great family, wonderful people.”
{mosads}Obama said that, obviously, he had ” a lot of disagreements with Jeb and his brother on policy.”
“But I think they have every right to do what they think is best,” Obama said, adding that the “great thing about democracy” is that “anybody can run, even the son of and brother of former presidents.”
The president also weighed in on another likely presidential candidate with familial ties to the White House: former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Obama said the he thought “so highly” of the former first lady.
“I’ve said before and will continue to say I think she’d be an excellent president,” Obama said.
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