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Only Qualified to Be President?

By J.T. Young on 1.23.09 @ 6:08AM

Is Jeb Bush now only qualified to be president? Sadly, his recent refusal to seek Florida's open Senate seat race in 2010 indicates, the answer is "yes." Jeb's decision not to run is beyond disappointing to national and Senate Republicans in dire need of reinforcement. It is also an example of "president-itis," which afflicts prominent Republicans from time to time. Despite advantages to themselves and their party, too often Republicans who see themselves as "presidential" can not see themselves in any other light.

Jeb's decision to not run for Senate is deflating because he is so accomplished. In 1998, he won his first of two terms as Florida's governor with 55% of the vote. When he sought reelection in 2002, no Republican governor had ever won reelection in Florida. He was not only running against precedent, but president too. With his brother in the White House, he was targeted nationally by Democrats still smarting from George W's tight 2000 victory -- a victory decided in…Florida, of course. With the stars seemingly aligned against him, he increased his former victory margin -- winning with 56% of the vote.

Policy-wise, Jeb earned education and environmental credentials while in office. Politically, he attracted strong support from voting blocs Republicans badly need for their future success. In 2002, he won 80% of Cuban voters, 56% of non-Cuban Hispanics, and 44% of Jewish voters.

Unquestionably he would have been a great candidate and likely a great Senator. And a great addition to Republicans' sagging Senate fortunes. At their lowest ebb in 30 years, Republicans have not had as few as 41 Senate seats since 1979-80, Carter's presidency. Such levels assuredly present challenges, but opportunities as well. When there's a need for young, energetic, and talented newcomers, fresh faces and new ideas receive a more eager reception and rapid advancement than they would in a majority.

And electoral opportunities abound to produce them. Republicans already have four open seats -- Florida, Ohio, Kansas, and Missouri -- to defend in 2010. On the other side, Democrats have four seats -- New York, Delaware, Colorado, and Illinois -- in the next two years where their candidates will defend seats to which they were not elected. Jeb Bush's acceptance of such an opportunity now would quickly vault him to the head of a new class and energize its recruitment.

But as too often in the past, "president-itis" seems to have struck. Too many good Republican presidential aspirants have passed on similar opportunities to not take note of it. For example in 1996 and 2000, Steve Forbes ran for President, yet despite later Senate seat possibilities in New Jersey -- a state in which Republicans desperately need help -- he never took the plunge. Even further back, Dan Quayle left the vice presidency in 1992 and then subsequently sought the presidency. Sure, he already had been a Senator before becoming VP in 1988, but a return to the Senate -- where he had performed well and won reelection in 1986 by the largest statewide margin in Indiana's history -- would have allowed him to refurbish his undeservedly tarnished reputation from the Bush I administration.

Certainly some former Republican presidential candidates have used their presidential political capital in the Senate. Lamar Alexander, after being a successful two-term governor of Tennessee, twice sought the Republican presidential nomination. In 2002, he ran and won Tennessee's Senate seat left open by Fred Thompson's retirement. Now just seven years later, he holds the third highest Republican leadership position there.

Of course, the highest profile case of taking presidential aspirations into the Senate comes from the other party. Hillary Clinton left the White House, ran, and won an open Senate seat in New York. She paid her dues but never relinquished her goals. Despite her appreciable star power, it was not beneath her to serve in the Senate -- to the benefit of both herself and her party.

The Senate is hardly a bad place for presidential aspirations. The 2008 tickets prove this: Obama, Biden, and McCain all came from it. American politics is uniquely local. Unlike many other nations, America does not have truly national parties, but a conglomeration of state ones. This federal nature demands local power bases and in turn requires a candidate to first address local issues to be successful. The Senate gives that opportunity plus that of dealing with national and international issues as well. The Senate is only a step down relative to heightened expectations.

Shakespeare wrote:

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts…

The key is to be on the stage and, for Republicans, to have their best cast on it. Yet it sometimes seems they are becoming a party of leading actors only. To that point, it has been said that there are no small roles, only small actors. Jeb Bush is no small actor. He should reconsider the role that Florida offers in 2010.

Letter to the Editor

topics:
Jeb Bush, Senate 2010

Rocco| 1.23.09 @ 6:34AM

Please, please, please! No more Bushes, Clintons or Kennedys. Enough of the political dynasties. There have to be others who are qualified, perhaps more so than just having the "name." It's just time to get new blood into the government and get rid of these hacks who think they're entitled to lifetime employment at our expense.

Jason| 1.23.09 @ 7:09AM

I'm no Bush basher but I'm suffering from Bush fatigue. Jeb, don't run for president. FL needs you, the senate needs you.
http://www.rightklik.net/

Alan Brooks| 1.23.09 @ 8:14AM

nothing wrong w/ Jeb 'cept he's white.
nowadays, you got to be black, hispanic, asian, OR
gay, crippled, blind, deaf, amputee, to run for the office of potus.

JP| 1.23.09 @ 8:41AM

JT,
I would certainly agree that Jeb is more than qualified to be a Senator. But, if he is eyeing the White House, the Senate is not the place to launch it . Obama, who served 2 years in the Senate, used it only to gain national stature and nothing else. Look at what happened to HRC, who served 8 years there. Personally, I think the World's Greatest Deliberative Body has decayed in recent decades; the calibre of people who get elected there, not to mention the work they've done is 2nd rate to say the least. The Senate is both the beginning and the end to most political careers.

As far as Bush fatigue goes, Bush43 was elected and re-elected in Texas . Most forget that he unseated a popular political figure in Ann Richards. Jeb, also on his own merits was elected twice as govenor after losing in his 1994 Senate bid. Both Jeb and W. earned thier offices (including the WH) on thier own merits. There is no dynasty here. As far as Bush fatigue goes, we will see in 2011 whether Obama and Pelosi/Reid fatigue outdoes Bush fatigue. Remember, everyone thought Nixon's career was over in 1962 when he lost the gubenatorial race in California ("They won't have Richard Nixon to kick around anymore").

The plain and depressing fact is that after Jeb there is only Palin who carries any stature nationally (and some would argue, Palin's stature is quite negative). Huckabee and Romney represent the more Centrist GOP candidates, and after Bush and McCain, the conservatives are in no mood for bi-partisan Centrists. One thing to think about or ask, is what happened to all that "young talent" the GOP was mentoring during the early 1990s? The cubboard is empty.

Havoc| 1.23.09 @ 9:21AM

If you hadn't noticed, the Bush family has been a disaster for the party, conservatism, and the Republic. America could not survive another Bush - we may not survive GWB.

Talk about stale, in-the-box thinking - there are more than 300,000,000 people in the USA - most of them are not named 'Bush'. I would rather go with one of those 300,000,000 at random than another tongue-tied, stuttering, in-bred dimwitt from the ivy league.

Norman Conquest| 1.23.09 @ 9:43AM

Before GW Bush became president my neighborhood was serene and friendly and I had tidy sum in my 401k. Now the neighborhood has been overrun with illegals who pack themselves 20 and 30 into single family homes and my 401k is worth considerably less. Couple that with an idiotic war in Iraq and you have what is pretty close to a disaster. Please, no more Bushes for president, ever. These people may call themselves Republicans but they are not conservatives by any stretch of the imagination.

Alan Brooks| 1.23.09 @ 9:54AM

Norman Conquest is a great name!

Jeremiah| 1.23.09 @ 10:09AM

Look, folks. We only ran two Kennedy's. (Teddy doesn't count because he never got the nomination.)

Fair's fair. You are allowed two Bushes.

Please, please don't do this to us again.

Tovalis| 1.23.09 @ 10:16AM

I agree with Norman Conquest when it comes to anyone with the last name of Bush. With this crowd, any conservative impulses invariably get washed away in a tsunami of "compassion."
I don't care what incremental good Jeb has done for the Republican cause in the past. The Bushes are TOO reverential about "service," which is why the prostrate themselves before Big Government. Georgie never took the fight to the dems, but instead had Teddy over for popcorn; his immigration policy was, hey, who are we to control our borders? Insert well-documented litany of heresies here.

When are Republicans going to learn that they can't sustain the party if they are Democrat Lite - "Sure, Pelosi is promising a trillion dollar bailout, but WE'RE fiscally responsible! We'll only dole out $999 billion! Vote for US!"

There's another Shakespeare quote, from King Lear, that I think is apt when it comes to Bushes and any public office above dog catcher:
"Never, never, never, never, never."

Alan Brooks| 1.23.09 @ 10:25AM

investing is a casino, so bush cant be held too culpable. bad mortgages had something to do with it. the war disoriented him.

so bush is no candidate for mount rushmore. but where is he ranked? say 31 out of 44?

Tim| 1.23.09 @ 10:36AM

Jeb Bush or anyone named Bush would be crazy to seek any elected office in 2010 for obvious political reasons.

You have to put some distance between "W" and Jeb....who is without question the real deal when it comes to being an effective leader....and has proved it in Florida with a wide variety of ethnic and socio-economic groups.

Heck....the man is a Roman Catholic.....married to an Hispanic.......and is an old fashion social conservative.....Let's see now.......

Yep.....that equals 270 plus electoral votes in my book.

But Jeb is smart to stay out of the fray for now.....
and since he is still young he has time on his side..

For those that say he is being selfish I say, cut the man some slack.....he has served for a number of years in high Office and his brother just got shoved out of DC by a fanatical left wing fringe....

Jeb has earned a little ploitical R and R.

PolishKnight| 1.23.09 @ 10:44AM

Sounds like another McCain. They love him when he's backstabbing republicans or giving them seemingly republican fiscal conservatism or "maverick" but against a liberal, he'll be hated in a second.

Bush Sr. and Jr. have done almost as much damage to the republican brand as NIXON. It wasn't just the leftists happy to see Bush walk out of the white house. I didn't jeer him, but I was relieved to see him go.

Tim| 1.23.09 @ 10:53AM

Polishknight,

But there is a far gap between George and Jeb....

If you take the same last name away....and really study Jeb's voting record and his time in politics thus far......he has proven to have some very good bonified conservative credentials.

He is also an appealing character....

He may appeal to some so called moderates but he ain't no McCain.......not by a long shot.

james23| 1.23.09 @ 10:56AM

Just what the US Senate needs, a RINO dynasty! Well, if Jeb won't run for Senate, perhaps the author can persuade John McCain's brother to run.

Bill Sykes| 1.23.09 @ 11:15AM

investing is a casino, so bush cant be held too culpable.
Hey Alan Brooks,
Tell it to Herbert Hoover

Sean| 1.23.09 @ 11:40AM

We do not need another Bush. There are plenty of more conservative people available. Remember how we were told how "conservative" George was?

The lost Republic| 1.23.09 @ 11:51AM

It seem that some Americans would like a MONARCHY.

Bush the 1st Bush the 2nd and Bush the 3rd. I thought America was a Republic, it seem they have given that up now, for a Democracy.

They are now hoping for a Monarch, or NAZISM.

Michael L. Hauschild| 1.23.09 @ 11:54AM

George| 1.23.09 @ 12:07PM

Jeremiah, you wrote “We only ran two Kennedy's. (Teddy doesn't count because he never got the nomination.)”. According to Opal in another thread, I have zero knowledge of history. Maybe so. But using your criterion of getting the nomination, I only recall one Kennedy. That would be John (Jack) who was nominated in 1960. His brother, Robert (Bobby), ran for the Democratic nomination in 1968, but his plans were aborted by an Islamic terrorist shortly after the younger Kennedy won that year’s California primary. Hubert Humphrey was the Democrat’s nominee that year. So who was the other Kennedy?

Jeremiah| 1.23.09 @ 12:12PM

George --

If only by the principle of syntactic parallelism, which, in my parenthetic (Teddy doesn't count...) suggests I was speaking of running, not election, you might have known I was not suggesting there'd been two Kennedy's, although I admit confusion was possible because Robert didn't (however likely he would have received it) gain the nomination.

Jeremiah| 1.23.09 @ 12:15PM

The hostility towards McCain uttered around here never ceases to amaze me.

He was "liberal" on two or three issues, granted.

But here was a genuine war hero, admired by everyone in the country, who was pro-life, basically a fiscal conservative, knowledgeable about foreign policy (moreso than any of YOU, that's for sure), and of a conservative temperament about everything except for the absurd and childish contempt for the press you people harbor.

Nick| 1.23.09 @ 12:28PM

Jeb is the most conservative of the Bush clan. If he had not lost the governors race in '94 we might of had Jeb as president the last 8 years. I would have prefered that.

But as gov. he pandered to Floridians on off-shore drilling instead of educating and fighting for it. For that, and other things, I scratch him off my list.

Jeremiah| 1.23.09 @ 12:29PM

Come to think of it (yes I can). A ticket Palin/Bush would be the best option. It would remind all worthy people of the best years of last century: the Reagan years! Let's merge the NSA position, the Secretary of State position and the job of Secretary of Defense and let Donald Rumsfeld take care of it. We would run the Universe again.

Dustoff| 1.23.09 @ 12:57PM

Jeremiah
+++++++++++++++++++

Did you notice that McCain couldn't wait to prase Hillary and didn't have any problem will all of her probelms.
That sir is NOT a good sign.

Tim| 1.23.09 @ 1:03PM

I think all this talk about Jeb is very pre mature.

Let us see what this country looks like in 2011.

Jeb may be the last thing we want or he might be what will be craved by millions...Who Knows...

One week in politics is an eternity, let alone three years.....

Nick| 1.23.09 @ 1:05PM

Jeremiah,

McCain tolerated conservatism at best. He didn't live it, breathe it, love it. He was another hack Washington politician playing the game "get elected".

Unless you have studied inside and out convervative principles, you can't argue them with conviction. That was why McCain went along with TARP, like most of the Republicans in congress did.

And contempt for the press is a virtue in my opinion.

Batman| 1.23.09 @ 1:24PM

Stop beating a dead horse. Parties get in trouble when they keep running the same old faces, here the "vaunted" Bush clan. The Bush family is not entitled to the presidency-- we rejected monarchies better than 200 years ago. They need to find a new family business and leave us all alone.

cdc| 1.23.09 @ 1:41PM

He should leave Florida and run for governor of another state. Being able to run a couple of states would be a pretty persuasive background.

ruth| 1.23.09 @ 2:09PM

I've always thought that Jeb would have been a good president. In 2000. No, please.

Tim| 1.23.09 @ 2:31PM

Monarchies? Hmmmm

What name shall we give the Chicago "Daley" political machine which has been in full swing buying and selling and producing politicians since the 1950's

I know a "Daley" has never been a USA president.

But how many politicians have they orchestrated into positions of power including the office of President and does that count as a monarchy?

I just want to get the rules straight on what constitutes a political dynasty.

Their was only one Lennin, and one Stalin, but their rule lasted some 70 odd years.

thirteen28| 1.23.09 @ 2:54PM

Oh hell no.

Jeb, like his brother, is hopelessly pro-illegal immigration, and as his brother clearly showed, the apple doesn't fall to far from the kindler, gentler, compassionate conservatism tree.

We've seen this play before, and neither time did it end well. Do we really want to see if the 3rd time is the charm, or can we just move onto someone else? As someone else wrote above, there are 300,000,000 Americans, most who are not named Bush. Surely we can find a worthy standard bearer from among that group, can't we?

Revelation| 1.23.09 @ 2:58PM

Havoc

you are samrt and a thinker, anybody who is stupid enough to vote for another Bush, deserve the consequences of what is happening to America right now. There are people who do not deserve to have their lives made a mess of by these rich inbred mad people.

GWB don't even think there is anything wrong with the things he has done he is too stupid to know the consequences of his own actions.

Bush the 3rd would introduce NAZISM, and kill 1/3 of the population. He would start with Americans because they consume 1/2 of the world resources. The Bush family is not known for their intelligence, but more for their failures.

The time has come for people to consider the future of their children and their children's children.

The Bush family are a menber of the Black Nobelity, are are inbred and acts in the interest of the organisation not the people, in simple terms not interested in Americans rich or poor or middle class.

Michele San Pietro| 1.23.09 @ 3:10PM

No, in my opinion Jeb Bush doesn't have the standing to become president.

Jeremiah| 1.23.09 @ 3:20PM

Nick --

You write, " He didn't live it, breathe it, love it."

Nick, my friend, hear me. "Conservatism" is a word that characterizes a number of different political philosophical positions, often positions that jostle one another, which is to be the dominant.

It is not a religion or way of life, unless your soul has shrank to the size of a silver thimble.

Liberate yourself from these extravagant and fanciful outlying provinces of our political culture. They don't have what you're looking for.

Wankel| 1.23.09 @ 3:33PM

No, no, NO!!

And while we're at it, George W., the next time you're in Kennebunkport for a family-do and you and Poppy are slappin' each other on the back reminiscing about the greatness of public service, please do us all a favor and tell not only Jeb, but also George P. Bush, Jeb "Jebby" Bush Jr., Noelle Bush, Neil Bush, Lauren Bush, Pierce Bush, Barbara P. Bush, Jenna Bush (Hager), Ashley Bush, Jonathan Bush, Jonathan S. Bush, Billy Bush, Marvin Bush, and William H.T. Bush that they NEED NOT APPLY EITHER!

jpp| 1.23.09 @ 4:04PM

Jeb is an alright guy but he's hopelessly open border / pro Latino-ization of the United States.

Therefore. Sorry.

Jack| 1.23.09 @ 4:20PM

I think were safe. Any Bush that would be interested lost that interest long ago viewing the abuse GWB took from the media. Its just not worth and I think that is what Jeb is basically saying. There are a heck of a lot easier and more rewarding things to do for a living than be a Republican named Bush. Now if your name is Obama life is beautiful ---- for now.

Revelation| 1.23.09 @ 4:24PM

What all Americans need to know, it's called the UCC, the Uniform Commercial Code.

You are the property of the Rothschild family. Chech your birth certificate number and then check it on the New York stock exchange to find your value at birth, as human resources.

That is why if the Rothschild find you are no longer of any worth or value due to age, or skill they may well ask that you are exterminated.

I feel the Americans have become very arrogant and have no information about their life or their future, nor are they concerned. The time has come to wake up ar die.

Ed| 1.23.09 @ 5:28PM

I don't know about the rest of you, but I've had enough Bush's to last me a while. Even if Jeb is the best of the three, the other two were a disappointment. Plus, given what the press did to W, they are likely to be even more merciless with Jeb. Let's just move on, shall we.

Revelation,

Whatever you're smoking, put it DOWN!

PolishKnight| 1.23.09 @ 5:54PM

Jeremiah, if McCain is so great, then why didn't he win? Indeed, he seemed to treat conservatives, as you do, with contempt and acted as if he were entitled to their support. It was hoped that he would get sufficient moderate democrat support to get elected. That didn't work out so well, did it? Good luck trying that strategy again.

Tim, Jeb has bad name recognition with nearly all the American public on both sides of the aisle. He seems to be soft on illegal immigration which didn't help McCain any. Thanks, but we'd all prefer someone else.

Nick| 1.23.09 @ 7:16PM

My only point was politicians who mouth conservatism just to get elected are never to be counted on. They will stab you in the back at the first sign of difficulty. They "lead" with their finger in the air.

Tim| 1.23.09 @ 7:44PM

Maybe a better way to go is to not disqualify anybody just yet......hey its only four days into Obama's presidency.

First order of business is to win a bunch of congressional seats back in 2010.....and since Jeb has taken himself out of the Florida senate run, talking about Jeb is really a waste of energy in my opinion.

Nick| 1.23.09 @ 7:52PM

Tim,

I would say at the same time we need to change the rules in all the states that have open primaries.

charliebravo| 1.23.09 @ 8:34PM

I voted for both Bushes in four elections. Never again will I vote for a Bush. It is time to move on. I don't know who is telling Jeb he might have a chance at Pres, (Probably Bush SR) by what I see here on this board the Bush Dynasty is over. GOP must move on.

EXTERMINATION PROGRAMME| 1.23.09 @ 8:38PM

Global extermination programme, under de-population and Eugenics.

Chemicals in the water supply to reduce the sperm count to ensure males become infertile, and women become streile either at birth or by chemecial induction.

There is the trans human programme where human gene and that of animals is fused to produce hybred of part human and part animal. This is designed to reduce thinking man to no more than an animal, cow goat, dog donkey, monkey chicken, what ever they decide.

There is more women forced to have IVF treatment to produce children, because the experiment that has been carried out is without the concent of the population.

The people are left wondering who to vote for and the government is wondering how to dispose of the population.

The idea is to reduce the carbon foot print of mankind. They call it global warming, we can see the icecaps melting but are we sure the global warming has anything to do with mankind?.

ruth| 1.23.09 @ 8:56PM

I see some truth in your crazy ranting. I think I need meds.

EXTERMINATION PROGRAMME| 1.23.09 @ 9:48PM

Ruth.

You are a part of the problem, you are one who have something to hide. Are you a part of the programme?

These are facts, and I don't read Rupert Murdoch, spin to keep the population sedated, on a diet of rubbish.

ruth| 1.23.09 @ 10:07PM

I was trying to compliment you but I guess you couldn't read my words through your spittle flecked computer screen. Do you foam at the mouth, too?

Tim| 1.23.09 @ 11:49PM

Nick,
Closed primaries is a good idea and should be the way its done. Its common sense.

Each seperate party picks their own and then let the best person win in the general election.

By the way, has any noticed that Obama's Campaign Manager is still e-mailing the millions on their campaign list...and now their talking about organizing house parties etc. to help push Obama's agenda.

Team Obama will be campaigning 24/7 organizing similar to what a Union Organizer does.

This crap about wanting to be everyone's president is total horse Pooh.

So while publically Obama is dining so called Republicans and asking for help privately his Campaign staff is organizing a leftist army behind their backs.......A shadow Goverment.

Just read some of the Obama Campaign e-mails of the recent days and you will see what I am talking about.

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David Baldauff| 1.24.09 @ 1:29AM

there is gov Bobby Jindal of Louisiana the say he is a conservatives dream

New Hampshire| 1.24.09 @ 5:27AM

Don't send him here.

Ang | 1.24.09 @ 2:33PM

We need the best person to run, and if that is Jeb then so be it. Saying he should run because of his name is like saying Obama should have not run because of his color. Get over the name, if he is the best candidate then we need him

DaveS| 1.24.09 @ 3:18PM

The 401k crying ought to stop (Norman Conquest), as there has been WAY to much return on investment in the last ten years. Bush didn't create the meltdown, but his amateurish veterinary solutions to the problem are sorrowful and they opened the door for BHO's over-reaching impulses. BHO's arrogance is coming out of hiding ("look here: I won") and some republicans were complicit. And, uh, the Iraq war was a winner, dear whiners.

DaveS| 1.24.09 @ 3:21PM

...and lastly, if the Democrats can swoon for 50 years over their clan's advancement, and Mrs. Clinton thinks she can be Madame President, what possibly could be the objection to Jeb being POTUS? One may feign fatigue, but most pop out of that slump quickly when choices need to be made. My objections to Jeb are on Schiavo (cowardice) and latent pro-immigration policies.

Michael L. Hauschild| 1.25.09 @ 6:13AM

Very few on these pages seem to place any esteem for the magnificent patriots that generation after generation spring from the Bush family. BDS (Bush derangement syndrome) is a real malady and is fermented within the psyches of those who chose to ignore history and/or facts.
I will wager that few know of Forty-three’s grandfather and the “intervention” attempted on FDR. The very people with him that instigated this were so respected, and powerful that they remained above prosecution, which in itself is amazing since very few coup ends in a draw. Prescott and his ALL cohorts drew the original line in the sand defending capitalism; they “advocated individual wealth-building and villainized welfare.” An interesting footnote of this episode is the 22nd Amendment, which is now being repealed by the way. (Somebody better check his Blackberry for a Michael Jordan text message).
Which brings us to HW. Not much here, Ambassador to the UN, Director of the CIA, Vice-president under Reagan, forty-first President of the United States and they just named a Carrier after him, which, significantly, carries the firepower to reorganize every community in Asia.
Oh, and last but not least, W. Not much there either but one day (9/12) he pushed aside his broccoli, pointed his finger and a democracy appeared in the middle-east, replacing one of the most brutal dictatorships in history. In that process 19,000 terrorist have been killed, and that if you are keeping track is 1.368 X 10 to the 6th power virgins.
So, as Rush says, keep drinking the Kool-Aid kids and don’t be alarmed that the new leader of the free world is busy fulfilling his campaign promise to “Shut down Gitmo (in a year?).” Look on the bright side, a delay should give you plenty of time to reinforce your tin-foil fedoras when all those poor misunderstood freedom fighters are finally released to join their brothers in C4 suits. As I see it, what you really should be cowering in the corner about is if someone mutters the incantation “Great Prescott’s Ghost” and a guy with a “J” on his chest appears to the soundtrack “Truth, Justice and the American Way.” Be afraid, maybe this generation will have two Bush’s. Jeb is lurking conspirators, be very afraid.

Norman Conquest| 1.25.09 @ 10:52AM

I notice how you conveniently didn't the part about the nation being overrun with illegals during the Bush years. That disgrace alone is an indictment of his woeful presidency. And he Iraq was was a winner? By what possible stretch of the imagination could you consider that utter waste of American blood and treasure a winner?

ccc| 1.25.09 @ 1:34PM

Could ya hold back on the BO bashing until he has done something. I hear plenty of talk about bush derangement syndrome but the liberals attack stuff bush has done. With Obama derangement disorder the conservatives attack the way he moved to DC, the schools he sends his kids to, and his inaugeration.
Attack him on abortion or closing guananomo, you know things that matter. of course are the policys that got him elected but at least they have substance.

DaveS| 1.25.09 @ 8:43PM

Iraq is a win -unless BHO screws it up. The Bushies have a soft spot for immigration - hence my second objection to Jeb (did you notice, NC?)

RightofRush| 1.25.09 @ 10:16PM

Weather report: There is a whole lot of naivete out here tonight.
The American public has been the victim of a scam since Reagan. The scam? - that there is a difference in the aims of the Democratic and Republican leaderships. The intentional poor re-electlion campaign of GHW and the rollover of McCain and GW for Barrack (neither mentioned that Barry is made of the Wright stuff) should have alerted any discerning observer.
The mutual aim of both parties?
The formation of a North American Union with a common currency, the amero.

RightofRush| 1.25.09 @ 10:25PM

Extermination Program, The Society of Rome and the Masons both have goals of a global population of 500,000,000.

Osamas Pajamas| 1.26.09 @ 12:38AM

I'd like to see Jeb in the Senate for awhile, it helps the party, gives him continuing visibility, and a possible launching pad against OhBummer or his successor, as The One may serve only one term, anyway.

Michigan-Matt| 1.26.09 @ 11:03AM

Jeb Bush for Prez? Sure. Bring it on!

I voted for 41 twice; 43 twice and I'll gladly vote for a Bush 46 or 47 b4 I'd vote for anything like salmon-snapping "beauty" queen Palin or some shallow, half-ready conservative wet dream like BoobieJindal. Gheez, talk about the bottom of the barrel... those two make McCain look good in retrospect.

But frankly, I'd like to see GOPers close their primaries, open up their base, pick a media-savvy Chair and begin the hard work of getting solid presidential timber like Romney ready for '12 by beating the crap out of Obama, Reid and Pelosi ever single day from now til Nov 6, 2012.

The honeymoon was over on Jan 20th.

West Virginia Brian| 1.26.09 @ 11:41AM

Huckabee needs to do the party and himself a favor and run for the Arkansas Senate seat in 2010.

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