"Life in the House of Bush was bound to be provocative with two brothers vying for power at the same time—and made even more so as they wrestled with their connection to their father’s political legacy. In a conversation I had with Jeb in 1999, while I was researching my book First Son: George W. Bush & The Bush Family Dynasty, I asked him what role his father had played in the lives of his children. “He was just a beacon that simplified life tremendously,” Jeb said.
His brother George W., by marked contrast, has often done little but complicate Jeb’s career. And things may soon grow even more complicated: For the first time in more than 20 years, Jeb is emerging from George W.’s shadow and being seriously talked about as a contender for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. Most of the chatter about his prospects focuses on whether, as a fairly moderate Republican who’s taken heretical stands on immigration and education, he can win over the party base. And if he does run, a thornier issue for Jeb could well be the tense relationship he now has with his older brother’s presidential legacy. As the Atlantic’s Peter Beinart recently put it, “You can’t easily Sister Souljah your own brother.”
It may be the final plot line in a familial tug-of-war that traces back to their days growing up in Texas. Competition was a bit of a blood sport for the four boys and one girl in the Bush household—from the tennis court to the golf course and to the debates about who-was-getting-admitted-to-what-school.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/jeb-george-bush-2016-oh-brother-107024.html?hp=t1#.U4Hrpfl5PAw
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