People attentively listen to Florida Governor and current 2016 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, due to which, this weekend, many of his remarks caught conservatives off guard. Bush in his first Iowa visit attended various fundraisers and private meetings with donors and activists and was closely followed by the news media.

Most of the comments made by Bush were in line with the standard GOP platform. While discussing about foreign policy, he said, "This president is the first president in the World War II era who does not believe that American power is a force for good in the world".

Bush, on his record as Governor, said that they took on the trial bar and the teachers' unions across the board.

When Bush was asked about the educational standards, mainly the Common Core, Bush said that for success, rise in the expectations and accurate assessments of where kids are, is must. He added that he is not going to back down on that.

The Common Core includes various goals for reading, writing, and math that make sure that the students are getting the education they require in order to succeed in life as well as to be properly prepared for college. The Common Core is an optional set of guidelines provided by a bipartisan group of governors.

These standards have been voluntarily adopted by 40 states. However, according to Republicans, Common Core has a federally mandated curriculum, partially because of their dislike of large government and partly because of Obama's support of having a country-wide standard for education.

In 2013, Chris Christie Governor of New Jersey was in the favor of the Common Core, but now he has expressed concerns about their effectiveness, as he is in the running for president.

In the same way, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was also in the support of the Common Core when he first became governor in 2011. But in 2014, Walker said that the standards were insufficient because they were dictated by people from Washington. He said that the educational standards should be "driven by people in Wisconsin."