“Jeb’s a good man, a good friend. He was a good governor. You know, him getting in the race, I think, helps the field,” Mr. Perry told radio host Hugh Hewitt. “I would suggest to you he’s probably, since he said what he said, he’s probably the front-runner at this particular point in time.”
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Mr. Bush recently announced he is actively exploring a presidential bid in 2016.
Mr. Perry said he’s opposed to federal Common Core education standards but that he’d allow Mr. Bush — whose support for the standards could rankle some conservative hard-liners — to defend his own position on the issue.
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