Not something a conservative would admit.

Great, Jeb. Let´s create more welfare leeches (as if Johnson didn´t create enough.)

Lets run another bush with our nation of LoFos that´ll get get us back in the White House for sure!

JEB = LBJ

Surprise, surprise. Another boob named Bush.

Let´s do it again!

Really Jeb....one of the WORST presidents ever. Holy cow...have you no sense at all.

All Bushes go to hell.

How´s the "Great Society" working out for America? You better think about that before you say any more dumb things.

To openly admit... and broadcast this info, clearly The Progressives think they are untouchabe. Jeb simply reiterates what we already knew.... but loud enough to try & convince the Lo Fo´s he´s their man.

If he announces an exploratory team for the GOP primary... we must have a 3rd party ready to roll.

This is good to know. Now I wont have to keep saying "I dont know why, I just dont trust him."

Gee, thanks for the warning. I hope we have a better choice than that. LBJ was a lying democrat, Gulf of Tonkin, so I don´t think that we need another one.

Thanks, Jeb. You clinched my vote. Just because LBJ is from Texas does not mean he automatically gets our vote. Never cared for him; don´t care so much for your politics either. No way, Jeb This country has seen far too many of ´your kind´

thats how george sr and jr lead this country so where is the news here by the way those of us that rememberf lbj he was god awful almost as bad as carter and zero

Jeb sounds like the perfect fellow for Karl Rove to push on us.

Gabula

LBJ was only on JFK´s ticket to attract Southern voters. Had the assassination not happened LBJ would´ve faded into the woodwork. He was totally unprepared for what happened and tried to please too many people at once.

Thanks for the warning, JEB...

Comparing yourself to fellow Texas Landslide Lyndon will not help you "win the hearts and minds" of the inhabitants of flyover country Governor.

Here´s an unsolicited suggestion...Why not consider moving south of the Rio Grande and running for Presidente of The United Mexican States?

Why would a conservative ever make a statement like this? Wait, this is a karl rove republican, a long way from conservative.

Come out come out wherever you are all paling hatin rove luvin etch a sketch Romney is the only one social conservative issues should be abandoned sever conservatives!

Suspicions confirmed!!!!

Meh, nice try. Lo-Fo´s wouldn´t have a clue who LBJ is, they´d wonder what label he raps for.

Did anyone here actually read the article? Jeb points out that LBJ was a leader - he got into the thick of things with Congress, actually worked with members of both parties, negotiated, bargained, cajoled - whatever it took to get things done. Unlike President Obama, who makes a campaign-style speech and then flies off to a golf outing, leaving Congress to sit on its hands - after which he pouts that nobody listens to him.

We may not all agree with the outcomes that LBJ promoted, but no one can claim that he didn´t get things done.

The Bushes are loathsome

"Did anyone here actually read the article?"

You´re joking, right?

NO MORE RINO BUSHS!

You´ve got to love Reagan´s comment on the "War on Poverty".

"Bush, who has a book on comprehensive immigration reform due out next month, said it was "un-American" to have illegal immigrants living in fear of exposure. "

So I´m un-American if I expect people to follow the laws. I am sick of Jeb Bush and his holier than thou attitude to those of us who think that following the law is a good thing. They wouldn´t have to live in the shadows if they followed the proper channels to live in the country. THey sure did a lot of hiding to get into the country so they are experts on it.

I voted for Bush twice. During his second term I was appalled by his actions. Bush started the DHS, TSA and signed the Patriot Act. He worked lovingly with Ted Kennedy to waste billions. His selected prosecutor, Johnny Sutton, persecuted our fine Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean. Bush is partially responsible that Obama was able to be elected. I wouldn´t vote for any Bush, ever.

If you read the article, he was referring to Johnson´s legislative skills, not his policies.
This is a very misleading headline.

Jeb, started out as a conservative governor in Fl.and somewhere turned left. Who would want to govern like Johnson? That means blackmail,arm twisting, backroom deals and more government.

...hip hip hurray!!!! this one stupid, telling statement by jeb bush has ended his campaign before it started!!!!

Doubt that Jeb has either the instincts or chops to pull it off.

That´s nice, Jeb. Maybe you can run as a Democrat.

A lot of LBJ´s legislative success was helped along by his ´close´ association with Katherine Graham. Is that what the rinos have in mind?

On the Democrat side it will be Biden, Clinton, and a few others looking to take on the job of POTUS.

Republicans need to have name-recognition and stop focusing on social issues. They will take care of themselves once you actually gain majorities, and the power that comes with a majority party.

Focus on fiscal responsibility, energy development and how both link to funding gov´t without raising taxes.

When Democrats talk about education, remind them it´s a local funding issue, mostly with local property taxes, so why is this a federal conversation?
But then pivot to how an expanded energy production boom will help NEW revenues to pay for things like education, police and firefighters.
And has the opportunity to lower our gasoline prices which will be a benefit to taxpayers, and businesses alike.

Thanks Jeb, for the heads up.

Read the article, his explanation for this statement is overridden by the complete amnesty he wants for illegals. I would never vote for him. Never.

Soooo, he would be a dyed-in-the-wool racist? A man for whom nothing was not political and who so bungled a war that he -- an incredibly ambitious politician -- didn´t run for re-election.

What is Jeb Bush smoking?

He is just pandering to the Dems with his idolizing comment of LBJ. Won´t work!

The illegal immigrants I see are not afraid of exposure - they amass in the streets, they complain of being called ´illegal´, they´re offended if students chant ´USA´....

Seem pretty bold to me.

Jeb, you moron, you have made a grievous error. Is he looking for $ from Dems?

If I wanted someone playing games with the Senate, I´d have backed McCain when he started his presidential run. gag.

I do not want another Bush (or Clinton) in the White House, despite the fact that I loved Dubya. But how can our analyses be taken seriously when we base them, like the liberals do, on misleading headlines that only serve as chum for folks who aren´t really open to considering a thing thoughtfully?

It just makes us look dumb.

Jeb better study history...LBJ came with a vast knowledge of Congress and his powerful connections there. He was willing to use his executive power like no one since to get his way. He won by a landslide in ´64 and had unthreatened majorities in both chambers. Jeb, who I believe is unelectable, has nothing going for him. Ex-Governor of Florida is not the same credential as Senate Majority leader and Vice President carrying on the work of a martyr.

LOL #20.

I have no doubt he would. His brother certainly did, getting us mired down in an unwinnable war and expanding prescription drugs to the elderly.

What we need is a libertarian now. We´re all done with the Bushes.

And Rubio, who has close ties to this dinosaur, needs to distance himself.

Yuck. Thanks for the warning, Jeb.

Reason #71,328 to NOT nominate for Jeb Bush.

He´s got the example of Reagan, who knew how to deal with Tip O´Neill - and he prefers Johnson. Thanks for letting us know, Jebster.

OMG

the bushes are more responsible for the destruction of the republicasn party than any family or person i know of.

stay outa da bushes

I always suspected Jeb`s mouth was big enough to fit both of his feet. Now I know.

Well, if he wants to jump party lines, so be it.

He wasn´t much more than a RINO anyway.

Color me surprised that the headline is misleading!

It really doesn´t matter if it is or not. Jeb Bush is still a RINO, and will more than likely be Roves #1 pick for the 2016 round. Watch and see.

OMG! Jeb, what did you drink? Even your brother wouldn´t say something so dumb or even think such a thing. LBJ sure couldn´t run a war.

I have been saying this for a long, long time,NO. Jeb Bush is a squishy middle of the road ,go along to get along Repub who will reach to the left if he needs to look good. I also don´t want his loud mouth ."Sarah Palin should stay in Alaska" mother out there. I have not forgot that nor have I forgiven her..
Absolutely NO!

Actually, #23, I did read the article. Jeb Bush said stupid things in stupid ways. Like Lyndon Johnson, Bush wants to get things done in Washington. I want to get things undone. He says that "it is completely un-American to require people living in the shadows." That´s bad grammar, but he seems to be saying that I am un-American because I do not want to help people who are not Americans break our laws. This is the best we can do for 2016?

You´re joking, right?

I like Jeb Bush but he´s another big government progressive supported by back-stabbing Karl Rove.

LOL # 23. I don´t think Jeb should run a third bush is too much, it goes against out traditions. Some of you look beyond foolish, I guess your to lazy to read the article, we have our own low information voters. To the lazy Bush was an economic and social conservative, very tough law and order 10-10-10. Of course you would have had to take the time to look up his record to know that,and that´s to much effort.

I suspect that Jeb grew up in a delusional family that thought highly of LBJ. Those old enough to remember LBJ know he was a total failure as a CIC who mismanaged a military he did not understand. Like Obama, he was way in over his head and stumbling from one bad idea to the next.

I lived through the Johnson era, which was a nightmare. It was when our country exploded and began its noisy descent to hell in a handbasket. The whole problem was that Johnson couldn´t govern. He was famously a great armtwister and deal maker in the Senate -- possibly the most powerful and effective Senator to operate in the 20th Century -- but the skill set that made him so effective in the Senate was exactly what was not needed to govern a country. Plus, he never got over the fact that every Kennedy-Worshiper in the country resented him for succeeding John F. Kennedy, and Johnson did not have the leadership skills to overcome this.

Jeb Bush was our governor here in Florida, and did a very creditable job, but if Lyndon Johnson is his Presidential model, he should be kept away from the Presidency.

Jeb, find Karl Rove and both of you disappear.

Since this Bush is a champion for amnesty, so if the liberal Democrats get their so-called comprehensive immigration reform through which is nothing more then amnesty in a gift box with a fancy name, this Bush should think about running as a Democrat, as the Democrats will then have about 10 million new foreign born voters.

So what.

Wow. Just mind-blowing, head-slapping wow.

Next!

He finally fessed up? Jeb is a statist pol and he admits it?

´´Say goodnight Jeb´´. ´´Goodnight Jeb´´.

I understand WHY he said it, but he should surely understand the power of one-liners by now.

I know that someone of Jeb´s ability should be able to make himself useful somewhere besides the Presidency.

I´m very disheartened to see so many nasty comments about the Bushes. I see them realistically (Jeb, go sit down...) but the invective is disappointing. I thought that was saved for the likes of KOS or DU.

Hey Jeb! While your heads up there, check for polyps. The GOP is a rotting husk.

LBJ was an absolute, power playing, arm twisting, string pulling politician who micro-managed the Vietnam war from the war room under the White House. (Those bohyas kain´t bomb a s*** house without mayh say-so from rait here!)

He was the epitome of what is wrong with our government.

He also killed many, many fine men without knowing what he was doing.

That should have been. ...("Those bohyas...here")

Shocked.