Bush is scheduled to speak on Friday night to the conference of 2,200 people.
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The State’s Republican heavyweights have all flocked to Mackinac Island for their annual GOP Leadership Conference. Six presidential hopefuls will attend.
‘Barack Obama is a talented man – and by the way he’s an American, he’s a Christian – his problem isn’t the fact that he was born here or what his faith is, ‘ Bush said in a speech. Besides Bush, others campaigning on the northern Michigan island include Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Texas Sen.
The second-term governor flirted with a presidential run before deciding against it. He says the PAC will help candidates committed to fiscal responsibility, long-term economic development, urban revival and education initiatives. And he has set himself apart as a candidate who can gain support. Bush said Republicans need to show middle-class voters feeling left behind in by the economy and traditionally Democratic voting groups such as African-Americans that GOP policies benefit them.
The speakers are former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, U.S. Sen.
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“The governor flew into Chicago early this morning but due to weather, his flight to (Michigan) was delayed and couldn’t get him there before the breakfast”, said Walker campaign spokeswoman Stacy Day. In his evening remarks, he criticized Republican congressional leaders, saying they were not doing enough to defund Planned Parenthood and that they were “trying to pound all of us into submission”.
