Jeb Bush has an obligation to run for the Senate. His refusal is killing us.
We will not forget this!
I agree.
But lately when I see Gov Bush on TV, I keep thinking "This guy looks burned out and probably can't wait 'til his successor takes office".
I disagree that Jeb Bush (or ANYONE) is "obligated" to run for office--any office. If our bench strength is so limited that we cannot field a viable candidate against Nelson (and Katherine Harris is not, in my view, a viable candidate), then we are in far bigger trouble than in just this race. Nelson (in the race at the top of the November ballot) has the potential (in a backlash against Harris) to pull in votes not just for the U.S. Senate, but for democrats down the ballot (in the races for governor, state attorney general, state chief financial officer, and district U.S. Congress races). Yes, I have no doubt that we'd be in a far better position in November were Jeb Bush the republican challenger to Nelson (and not just in the senate race, but in the congressional and state races which would attach to Jeb Bush's coattails, as they will to Bill Nelson's if Harris remains the probable republican candidate), but I certainly can't agree that Jeb Bush has any "obligation" to run.
We will not forget this!
Jeb Bush has made it abundantly clear over the last 6 months that he will not run ("No. Hell no.") He has stated for the record that even if his brother asked if to run, and even if the Pope asked him to run, he would not do so. Were Jeb Bush to--after all that--now decide to get into the senate race, I agree that there are many people who would not "forget" his earlier statements that he would not do so. I don't much care for political waffles. YMMV.