Considering I have voted for the guy four times, the answer to that question is no. But you can't honestly tell me, that after the 1998 mid term election debacle, Dubya wasn't looked upon as the savoir of the party and the field cleared for him to take the reigns in 2000.
In 2008, it is clear Jeb will have no such advantage and will have to scrape and claw to obtain the nomination.
"Savior of the Party" might be a strong term, but yes he was seen by the "powers that be" to be our best chance. And, I'm glad they united behind one candidate. I think we came out of the 2000 primaries more unified than ever before. With the exception of some of the McCain supporters, the supporters of all the losing candidates immediately got behind President Bush's campaign. I think that spoke highly as to how badly we wanted the presidency back and the era of the Clintons to end.
I hope that those feelings are not easily forgotten and that the party will be unified against Hillary after the 2008 primaries, regardless of the nominee.