ONE LESSON FROM JEB’S CANDIDACY: The Right Bush Ran In 2000. “Critics of former president George W. Bush used to say the ‘wrong Bush’ got elected. By that they meant that his wonkier brother Jeb Bush would have made a better president. Watching the last few months of the race, we wonder if perhaps the right Bush ran after all.” As this piece illustrates, Jeb hasn’t just run a poor campaign — which someone who might make a good President could do — he’s displayed personal weaknesses.