What Is Holding You Back?

[ClydeR]

Jeb Bush knows what is holding you back.

In what may have been his opening campaign speech, Bush said today in Detroit that "something" is holding people back. He will tell us what it is soon. What do you think it is?


"Tens of millions of Americans no longer see a clear path to rise above their challenges. Something is holding them back. Not a lack of ambition. Not a lack of hope. Not because they are lazy or see themselves as victims. Something else. Something is an artificial weight on their shoulders. Today and in the coming weeks, I will address this critical issue."

More... (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2015/02/04/jeb-bush-rolls-out-his-right-to-rise-message/)

I hope we don't have to wait weeks to find out.

[Jarvan]

Gotta be "The Man".

[Warriorbird]

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[ClydeR]

Seriously, did I miss something? He said there is something holding people back, but he never said what it was.

This is the closest he came to explaining it.


The recovery has been everywhere but in the family paychecks. The American Dream has become a mirage for far too many. So the central question we face here in Detroit and across America is this: Can we restore that dream -- that moral promise -- that each generation can do better?

If we can't answer that question, no tax, no new welfare program, will save our system or our way of life. Because America's moral promise isn't broken when someone is wealthy. It's broken when achieving success is far beyond our imagination.

Full video of speech (http://www.c-span.org/video/?324174-1/former-florida-governor-jeb-bush-r-address-detroit)

Full text of speech (http://www.vox.com/2015/2/5/7984421/jeb-bush-detroit-speech-full-text)

The speech was not well delivered, but he did an excellent job of answering questions. I think he's better when he's not too rehearsed. His brother was the opposite.