Posted on 05/29/2006 4:00:15 PM PDT by mathprof
No.
Yuck.
I think not..
Just to get anyone's attention, Jeb would have to announce
his candidacy from atop a new oil platform off the FL coast,
with pump prices already down to $1.75. But there aren't any
such platforms, and none seem likely while he is gov.
The rest of the GOP field would have to look pretty bleak. If I wanted a royal family, I'd choose another country.
The Cal Ripken, Jr. of not scoring, eh?
Once upon a time, I would have liked to see Jeb Bush run for President, but with his stands on the illegal alien issue, I no longer wish that.
Jeb Bush would have been a better president than George W. Bush. Unfortunately, it was not to be.
GWB did very well his first term, but his second term has been a series of disasters. His base has been kicked in the face repeatedly, and while he has accomplished many good things during his time in office, he has seemingly been determined to screw up ever since he was reelected, with a strong mandate that he never used.
People forget why they didn't like the first President Bush because there was nothing particularly wrong with him. The media successfully drives down the approval ratings of Republican Presidents, but it is only artificial. After four years of President AlGore reinventing himself every five minutes, people will say, gee those Bushes sure are better than these Damnocrats.
Base, smashe.
He'll have a better chance in 2016.
I have forgotten nothing. Bush was good at the war in Iraq but a lousy politician and at heart a Rockefeller Republican. His son, who can thank Karl Rove for making him into presidential candidate, has been a tiger in the War on Terror but has a tin ear for politics. Like the Adams family, the Bush family deserves no successor. Let us hope for the sake of the Conservative movement that the Bush dynasty ends forever in 2008.
The only way that Jeb is ever going to be President is if the Dems take control of the White House and screw things up royally--so much so that the American look back at George W's Presidency with nostalgia. I guess the NYT has little faith in the Dems, if they are running this article.
It already does look bleak. The only one I can think I would vote for is Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama.
Actually, JEB is uniquely different from his brother and his father and in his own right would make a good executive. He's a great orator, clear decision-maker, and strong leader. However, he has baggage in his wife and children that the best PR would have problems selling.
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