September 28, 2002

McBride even with Jeb Bush in latest poll

Schools, DCF dominate Bush-McBride debate

By Brian Crowley, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 28, 2002

JACKSONVILLE -- Bill McBride compared Jeb Bush to a careless orange picker and told a statewide television audience Friday night that Bush has failed to show the leadership needed to earn a second term as governor.
 

McBride, Bush exchange jabs on proposals for public schools

By Mark Hollis
Tallahassee Bureau Sun-Sentinel
Posted September 28 2002

JACKSONVILLE -- Education stole the spotlight in round one between Democrat Bill McBride and Republican Jeb Bush, with each lobbing sharp criticism at the other’s approach to improving public schools, during the first televised debate of the governor’s race.

Bush repeatedly painted McBride as a liberal lawyer, too close to teachers’ unions, too eager to raise taxes and too vague on how he’ll pay for his promises.
 

Democrat Gaining on Gov. Jeb Bush in Florida (Reuters)
Gov. Jeb Bush's lead over his Democratic challenger shrank to just six percentage points with less than six weeks to go before Floridians choose their next governor, according to poll results published on Thursday.
- Sep 26 11:42 AM ET

Gov. Jeb Bush, Bill McBride meet in first debate (AP)
Republican Gov. Jeb Bush and Democratic rival Bill McBride clashed over whether the incumbent has helped Florida's schoolchildren during the first of three gubernatorial debates Friday.
- Sep 27 10:33 PM ET