i'm toni jennings, and it's wonderful to see so many friends here. it looks like family.at an honor. what a privilege. what an adventure. some of you may not know that i've actually known jeb for over 30 years. i met him as a young, bright, rock-rib, head-banging conservative when governor martinez appointed him the secretary of commerce and i just happened to chair the committee that did his confirmation. well, i'll share with you that that head has a little more gray hair in it than when i first met him. but i'll tell you, that heart is exactly the same jeb that i met. [ applause ] he's the guy that can't wait to take on a b hag. now, that's not an opponent. those of you that have worked with jeb knows what a b hag is. it's a big, hairy audacious, goal. and you know what? after all these years, he is still as idealistic as the guy i met 30 years ago. he always believes we can do better. he believes in accomplishing really big things. he doesn't lower his sights just because things might be tough. he knows that if you want to change things for the better you do it piece

i'm toni jennings and it's wonderful to see so many friends here. it looks like family. the bush family. the big bush family. like you, i've known jeb a long time. some of you know i was senate president when he was governor and we worked together. and then i was his lieutenant governor. what an honor. what a privilege. what an adventure. some of you may not know that i've actually known jeb for over 30 years. i met him as a young, bright rock rib, head banging conservative when governor martinez appointed him the secretary of commerce. and i just happened to chair the committee that did his confirmation. well, i'll share with you that that head has a little more gray hair in it than when i first met him. but i'll tell you that heart is exactly the same jeb that i met. [applause] lieutenant governor jennings: he's a guy who can't wait to take on a bee hag. now, that's not an opponent. those of you that have worked with jeb knows what a bee hag is. it's a big, hairy, audacious goal. yeah. and you know what, after all these years he's still as idealistic as the guy i met 3

[applause] >> please welcome florida's first female lieutenant governor tony jennings. >> the seriestinues. one thing that is going to separate governor bush from the other republican candidates is his stand on immigration issues. >> it is. it's one that is popular here in florida amongst immigrants. amongst minorities. big population of cuban americans here, and in the case of mr. bush, his immigration position encapsulated in a book, was one he believed it was time to secure the border, but emphasized get something sort of legal status for the undocumented immigrants in the country, between 11 and 16 million people. that got jeb bush into trouble. conservatives believe in some cases a path to citizenship is too much. a path to legal status could qualify as am necessary city unless there are enough penals and fines to make themselves qualified. and that is something he has taken a lot of heat for from runs. he has said, border security will come first but the idea that legal status is available to those technically breaking the laws is objectionable to many. and in education in flor

i am toni jennings. it is wonderful to see so many friends here. it looks like family, the bush family. the big bush family. [applause] like you, i have known jeb a long time. some of you know, i was senate president when he was governor. we worked together. then i was his lieutenant governor. what an honor. what a privilege. what an adventure. some of you may not know that i have known jeb for over 30 years. i met him as a young, bright rock red, headbanging conservative, when governor martinez appointed him to secretary of commerce. i happened to share the committee that did his confirmation. i will share with you that that head has a little more gray hair and it then when i first met him. i will tell you that heart is exactly the same jeb that i met. [applause] he is the guy that cannot wait to take on -- that is not an opponent. those of you that have worked with jeb knows what they -- know what a bhag is. a big, hairy audacious goal. he always believes we can do better. he believes in a comp wishing really big things. -- he believes in accompl

i'm toni jennings and it's wonderful to see so many friends here. it looks like family.ily. like you i've known jeb a long time. some of you know i was senate president when he was governor and we worked together. and then i was his lieutenant governor. what an honor. what a privilege. what an adventure. some of you may not know that i've actually known jeb for over 30 years. i met him as a young, bright, rock rib, head banging conservative when governor martinez appointed him the secretary of commerce. and i just happened to chair the committee that did his confirmation. well i'll share with you that that head has a little more gray hair in it than when i first met him. but i'll tell you that heart is exactly the same jeb that i met. [applause] lieutenant governor jennings: he's a guy who can't wait to take on a bee hag. now, that's not an opponent. those of you that have worked with jeb knows what a bee hag is. it's a big hairy, audacious goal. yeah. and you know what, after all these years he's still as idealistic as the guy i met 30 years ago. he always believes we c