article_snippet: (Jeb Bush spoke last week at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, the likely GOP presidential hopeful did better than expected.
article_snippet: You remember "Bush Derangement Syndrome.
article_snippet: When Jeb Bush was president, it afflicted liberals who thought the chief executive couldn't do anything right.
article_snippet: Now that Jeb Bush might run for president in 2016, the condition vexes conservatives who believe that when it comes to choosing the GOP nominee, the former Florida governor is all wrong.
article_snippet: During Jeb Bush's speech, a few dozen supporters of Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky -- wearing red T-shirts with the words "Stand With Rand" -- walked out and later blasted Jeb Bush as insufficiently conservative.
article_snippet: But what should really count for a lot is that Jeb Bush is sufficiently competent.
article_snippet: Jeb Bush's the grownup in a roomful of extremists who -- as they compare union members to ISIS (Scott Walker) or vow to abolish the IRS (Ted Cruz) or bash the media (Chris Christie) -- seem most interested in applause lines.
article_snippet: Jeb Bush is a serious person with a serious shot at the presidency, something that you just can't say about all Republicans who appear to be running.
article_snippet: So it was actually refreshing to see Jeb Bush use Jeb Bush appearance at CPAC -- which took the form of an onstage interview by conservative talk show host Sean Hannity -- to once again speak plainly.
article_snippet: In response to a heckler, Jeb Bush stared out into the crowd to address Jeb Bush critic.
article_snippet: I'm marking you down as neutral," Jeb Bush told a heckler.
article_snippet: In the Washington Times/CPAC presidential preference straw poll of 3,007 participants, Jeb Bush came in fifth out of 17 candidates with just 8 percent of the vote.
article_snippet: First place went to Rand Paul, who earned 25.7 percent.
article_snippet: Clearly, Jeb Bush has a long way to go in convincing conservatives that Jeb Bush's their best choice.
article_snippet: But Jeb Bush appearance at CPAC set exactly the right tone.
article_snippet: Score 1 for Jeb Bush.
highlights_snippet: Jeb Bush attended this year's Conservative Political Action Conference .
  