Jeb Bush, who was the early favorite to win the Republican presidential nomination, says he is happier in the back of the pack.
"I hated that," the former Florida governor said in an interview broadcast Sunday on
"Face the Nation." "I feel much better back here."
Bush said there was always a high expectation for him since his father and brother were both president.
"Being a front-runner made me feel like the people are going to begin to say, 'Your guy is just dancing like through this,'" Bush said. "I have higher expectations on me than people have on me. It doesn't bother me a bit that the expectations are high. And I want to win, which means that you garner momentum when it matters, and so I feel good about where we are right now."
Bush added that he plans to "campaign my heart out" in early voting states to let people know who he is. Current polls have him in low single digits.
Bush also called out rivals Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
He said Trump isn't a serious candidate and proved that by his lack of knowledge on the nuclear triad as well has his welcoming of praise from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Cruz's position on carpet bombing only the Islamic State (ISIS) fighters is "absolutely foolish," he said.
"There are 800,000 people who live in Mosul. There's probably 5,000 Islamic terrorists who control the place," Bush said. "We're going to destroy 800,000 lives with a carpet bombing activity?"
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