CNN: A mother-son story: How Barbara Bush tried to save Jeb's campaign

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Ran across this thanks to a retweet by Robert Costa of a tweet from WaPo's Jordan Frasier: "If you read one thing today, read this by @KilloughCNN as she brilliantly recounts Barbara Bush on the #2016 campaign trail for @JebBush"

Link to tweet

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/21/politics/barbara-bush-jeb-bush/index.html

A trio of housekeeping staff noticed Barbara Bush standing in a hotel hallway with her son, Jeb, on a snowy February day in Concord, New Hampshire.

Starstruck, the three women bashfully approached the former first lady, who was 90 at the time, as her son stood patiently by holding a stack of papers.

"Have you met my son, Jeb?" Barbara Bush said, redirecting their attention to her second-eldest son while leaning on her walker, which was adorned with a "Jeb!" bumper sticker.

The women politely acknowledged the presidential candidate and former two-term governor from Florida, then one handed him a phone and asked if he would take their picture with Barbara Bush.

Happily, Jeb Bush started to take the photo before an aide took the phone out of his hands and snapped the photo.

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