As if Jeb didn’t already have enough problems with the GOP base, now he has Nanny Bloomberg singing his praises.

Via Politico:

. . . Bloomberg said he considers as friends both Clinton, a Democrat, and Bush, the Republican former governor of Florida. Like Clinton, Bush is pondering a run for the White House in 2016.

“Jeb’s on the board of the [Bloomberg] Foundation,” the billionaire ex-mayor said. “I think he did a very good job on education in Florida. He’s good on education. He’s good on immigration, and he’s had the courage to stand up.”

Bloomberg added: “I have no idea whether she’s going to run or he’ll run. … If the public had the choice between those two, I think there’s two quality people. And they’re very different … they just have very different views of what government is … [and] criticizing Jeb for some things is just as unfair as criticizing Hillary for some of these things.”

Bloomberg — who became a registered independent after having been both a Democrat and a Republican in the past — also offered a measure of sympathy for President Barack Obama on his myriad overseas challenges.