The Real Bush
Jamelle notes that Jeb Bush running for Senate in Florida should put the fear of God in Democrats. After all, here’s a charming, well connected, intelligent, articulate Republican from a big, purple state who will (probably) have a senate term and two non-disastrous gubernatorial terms ready to go for 2016. This all makes Jeb for likely to win and thus implement disastrous conservative policies.
I see it in a slightly different light. Since performance in elections doesn’t have a whole lot to do with whoever is actually nominated, I’d much rather see the GOP coalesce around Jeb Bush rather than Sarah Palin or Mike Huckabee. Of course, the real good time to have realized that Jeb was the sharpest tool in the shed was in 2000, but that’s a different discussion.
Bush, the most hapless name in politics. It’ll be a thousand years before another politician will be named Bush.
Earl Dean
January 6, 2009 at 6:08 pm