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Please, stop the Jeb bashing! I too wish he would have been Reagan but the Creator only makes a man like that, once in a lifetime.

Any person has weaknesses. Jeb's has been exposed. It is folly to elect as President a man with such an exposed weakness, for enemies of the U.S. would almost certainly be able to capitalize upon it.

Jeb's failure here does not necessarily make him a bad person, but it does suggest quite strongly that he is no longer suitable for serious consideration as a candidate to the office of President of the United States.

And his weakness is what? Deferring to the entire judicial apparatus, along with the Florida legislature, in addition to the local police force? His weakness is his unwillingness to turn state agents into the Governor's private army? I realize this is a contentious issue, but to label Jeb as weak simply because he recognized that there are limits on his powers is not valid in my view.

Jeb's restraint is not his greatest weakness on any Presidential future. That would be the blood that flows through his veins. I am an ardent admirer of W, but America should never have a dynasty. It's scary enough that Hillary Clinton is the big frontrunner for the Dems. Imagine: Bush, Clinton, Bush, followed by Bush or Clinton.

Any person has weaknesses. Jeb's has been exposed. It is folly to elect as President a man with such an exposed weakness, for enemies of the U.S. would almost certainly be able to capitalize upon it.< br>
Jeb's failure here does not necessarily make him a bad person, but it does suggest quite strongly that he is no longer suitable for serious consideration as a candidate to the office of President of the United States.

Exactly my point. I don't doubt Jeb's sincerity at all, the crux is that we needed leadership, someone to take the bull by the horns but we didn't get that at all. I think comparing Jeb Bush to Adolph Hitler is terrible, to Pontius Pilate is wrong, but I will say that Jeb is a wimp. That'll back up to the hilt. The only true person that could have forced a showdown with the judiciary using the executive branch was Jeb. It's like a game of poker, instead of calling and raising the stakes, Jeb folded and someone died. I can't support someone like that as President, we need someone to take the leadership and Jeb ain't it. Still, IIRC, Jeb doesn't plan to run so I think the point is moot anyhow.