Regulatory reform starts with repeal of: Dodd Frank. #DitchTheRule. Carbon Rule. Coal Ash Rule. Net Neutrality. http://t.co/WMZFmGevK6
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) September 22, 2015
.@bluewhaletail Jeb!: "More coal ash is the key to reaching 4% GDP growth!"
— Billmon (@billmon1) September 23, 2015
Brian Fung, in the Washington Post, “Jeb Bush says he’d repeal net neutrality”:
… Arguing that Washington is in the midst of a “regulatory crisis” spurred by President Obama and the Federal Communications Commission, Bush said Tuesday that, if elected to the White House, he’d “repeal or reform” a number of regulations, beginning with net neutrality.
The FCC approved strict net neutrality rules earlier this year in an effort to ensure that Internet providers don’t slow down some Web sites or speed up others, particularly in exchange for money. Consumer advocates and some Web-based businesses said such a policy was necessary to ensure a level playing field. But Internet providers objected to the FCC’s decision to regulate them using some of the same rules the agency uses to police legacy telephone service. They’ve sued the FCC in hopes of overturning the regulations.
Now Bush is signaling that no matter what happens with the court battle, he’d make it a priority to roll back the rules. Here’s how it could happen: Under a Republican administration, the political balance at the FCC would tip from a 3-2 majority in favor of liberals to a 3-2 majority in favor of conservatives. That would allow Republicans to undo the actions of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, an Obama appointee…
The Hill adds:
… [R]epealing Obama administration rules is only a sliver of Bush’s regulatory plan. In addition, he would put a new regulatory freeze on agencies until one of his appointees approved new rules. He would also set a regulation budget, requiring offsets if new regulations bring costs. He would also pass an executive order outlining principles regulators should follow, including a preference for state action and “honest” cost-benefit analysis.
Back the truck up to the public vault, boys — the Bushes are back in town!
Of course, there’s the pesky niggle that he needs to get within stealing distance of winning the election, first…
In new CNN poll of NH Republicans only 16% now see @JebBush as the most electable GOP candidate-down from 37% in June. No rationale w/o that
— Geoff Garin (@geoffgarin) September 24, 2015
Dave Weigel, at the Washington Post, “Jeb Bush is in 5th place in a new New Hampshire poll. That’s not the really bad news”:
… The problem is that electability was really baked into the Bush argument, in a way he has never fulfilled. Last year, as he built out his exploratory committee, Bush talked about “losing the primary to win the general,” a way of saying that he’d appeal to the voters Mitt Romney lost instead of swinging too far right. It was similar to the pitch George W. Bush made in 1999, telling Republicans that a “compassionate conservative” who’d just led landslide wins in Texas could bring back the Democrats and independents lost by the Newt Gingrich-era party…
Jeb Bush was never as credible saying that as his brother had been. Polling in 1999 showed George W. Bush with monumental leads over likely Democratic nominee Al Gore. No polling in 2015 has showed Jeb Bush with similar support. Indeed, he’s often polled worse against Clinton — in a theoretical battle of dynasties — than lesser-known Republicans…
Jeb Bush (polling at ~10%) has received over 5x more network newscast coverage than Bernie Sanders (polling at ~25%) http://t.co/MJy99ka47m
— Leanne Naramore (@LeanneNaramore) September 24, 2015
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