[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

this am i got to hear bill mcbride on 970 wfla out of tampa and he was trashing jeb over the results and you know what his solution is dont you? ready your going to be shocked he wants to raise taxes. the democratic answer for everything

[floriduh voter]

I believe that was McLawyer's first radio appearance on 970. I turned off my radio when Jack Harris announced MB was gonna be on. Taxing and spending do not educate. The implementation of great ideas educate. The cost of great ideas? Nothing. The results: priceless.

[summer]

I read an article today in the Ft Myers News-Press online, and it sounded like McBride is toning down his rhetoric about Gov Bush, at least in print. It seems as if McBride is taking note of the bottom line, which is that FL voters do believe Gov Bush has devoted himself to education throughout his term -- not just in an election year, like Dem candidates, IMO. I'm wondering if the response by McBride, below, will continue:

The independent Mason-Dixon Poll ….Director Brad Coker said ….

Pollsters interviewed 625 residents statewide who vote regularly in Florida elections, from June 7 to 11. The poll has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.

The poll also showed that 67 percent of voters think Gov. Jeb Bush is committed to education, and 53 percent say he has made improving education a high priority. ...

"The reviews on his education program are mixed, but he [Gov Bush] does get credit for trying," Coker said.

Bush campaign spokesman Todd Harris [said]...the 41 percent who say education long term will improve is significant.

"The Democrats are trying to get the public to believe that Jeb Bush has not improved public schools," he said. "What the poll shows is that the public doesn't buy this."

Opponents disagreed.

"You can have a well-intentioned person who's just doing the wrong thing," said Bill McBride, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate.