“All too often, we’re associated with being anti-everything,” the former governor and potential presidential candidate told the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Committee’s (CPAC) dinner event.

“Way too many people believe Republicans are anti-immigrant, anti-woman, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker, and the list goes on and on and on. Many voters are simply unwilling to choose our candidates even though they share our core beliefs because those voters feel unwanted, unloved and unwelcome in our party.”

Bush started off a bit stiff and stumbling, though he warmed up a bit as the speech progressed. He spent most of the speech reading from notes and his delivery lacked the energy of other CPAC speakers such as Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and even Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R). While he got a standing ovation at the end of his remarks, the speech may not have helped convince many movement conservatives that Bush should be their leader heading forward, and it did little to show that he’s shaken off the rust from six years away from public office.