[Breitbart] "I’m disappointed I didn’t break through," Jeb Bush confessed during an interview with MSNBC Monday night. "This would have been an extraordinary time to serve as President. The country is desperately looking for leadership... I think it requires someone who is not always trying to win, but to solve problems."The former Florida governor reflected on his failed 2016 bid for the Oval Office, admitting disappointment, but also deflecting blame, saying "conservatism is temporarily dead," and adding that "Donald Trump is barely a Republican ‐ certainly not a conservative."
When asked if he could have done something differently, Bush said he ultimately had to be himself, "If I had to be something different than I was, then I wouldn’t have run."
He went on to criticize the media’s coverage of the billionaire businessman, "I’m not sure in the environment that we were in in 2016 ‐ partially created by this larger than life character, partially created by, frankly, the media’s coverage of him that blocked out the sun effectively for anybody else ‐ [if anything would have made a difference]. I spent most of my time doing press interviews commenting on what Donald Trump said."