Posted on 12/02/2008 5:11:52 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
I’m reeling, but that’s probably because I can’t get over his growing resemblance to Chevy Chase.
Two sources close to Jeb Bush, including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has retired.
“He is receiving a lot of encouragement from both in and out of the state,” an longtime Bush adviser said tonight. “He is going to take his time and approach this very methodically.” Bush will weigh, according to this adviser, how a run would impact his family, his business, and whether the Senate would be the best platform for the causes he’d advocate — education, immigration, GOP solutions to health care and energy.
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Run Jeb, run!
At least Jeb could keep the seat in Republican hands....
Is this seat up in 2010?
Fricking Jeb should have ran for Senate in 2006 and knocked off Nelson, and Harris would have stayed in Congress and she would have ran for Martinez’s seat in 2010.
As a Flordian, I hope the land grabbing, greenie, pro-open borders, anti-drilling Jeb runs off a steep cliff.
Yeah, I know. I can hear the RINO bleacher section now - "BUT... BUT... WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE (fill in the blank)!
The Senate already full of people who want amnesty. Thanks, but no thanks.
bingo. no more bush’s. i’m tired of the bush name and how they’ve ruined the republican party. daddy bush put souter on the supreme court, raised taxes and gave us clinton.
jr bush cut taxes, grew gov’t, grew spending, nationalized banking, opened the borders, and gave our country to commies. NO MORE BUSH. Go away.
He’d be fine in the Senate - the Senate, NOT the White House.
Sorry, no more RINO Bushes! GWB set us up for the most leftist president the US has ever known, Obama. If GWB had been a REAL conservative we wouldn’t be in the predicament we’re in now.
Also Jeb Bush let Terri Schiavo die when an executive order could have saved her life. I have forgiven, but I have not FORGOTTEN.
I've had enough of Bushes, Clintons, and Kennedys.
yep - Jeb did NO favors for conservatives.
He’a a RINO through and through.
For once I agree with Je$$e Jackson:
“Stay Outta Da Bushes!”
Don't laugh. It could happen ;)
He’s another open borders Mexophile. No thanks.
Awesome
Jeb would keep this seat in GOP hands for as long as he runs for re-election!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STAY OUT DA BUSHES!! STAY OUT DA BUSHES!! STAY OUT DA BUSHES!!!
It looks as if the count will be 56-44 Democrats in the U.S. Senate in January, with Smith losing in OR and Lieberman now having to caucus with the GOP. Here is the pathway to chipping away at the seven seat we need to retake the Senate in 2010.
We need to recruit these names, recruit early, and recruit HARD:
1.) Colorado (Ken Salazar - D): Republican Former Governor Bill Owens, who didn't run in 2008 for the Senate, may run this time around, as might retired football quarterback, Republican John Elway, who hinted at a future run for office despite choosing not to run in 2008. The moment he wins the GOP nod, you can already start calling him “Senator Elway.”
2.) California (Barbara Boxer - D): Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger should seek the seat, as he would be ineligible to run again in the Gubernatorial race due to term limits. He is the only hope of beating Boxer, and very well might.
3.) Arkansas (Blanche Lincoln - D): Former Governor Mike Huckabee, who was a 2008 presidential candidate, should be recruited very, very hard, since he remains a relatively well-liked figure.
4.) Illinois (Obama’s old seat - TBD - D): The only man in Illinois who could win this seat has to talk his wife into letting him. Illinois demi-god Mike Ditka, a hardcore, Conservative Republican, would win this seat. We just have to convince Mike and Mrs. Ditka to run.
5.) Indiana (Evan Bayh - D): If Bayh retires, Mike Pence could win this seat. If Bayh does not retire, he is unbeatable in Indiana.
6.) Hawaii (Daniel Inouye - D): May retire - will win re-election if he does not. In the event of a retirement, the GOP should push monstrously hard for popular Governor Linda Lingle to run for Senate.
7.) Nevada (Harry Reid - D): The Senate Majority Leader will seek a fifth term. In 2004, he was reelected with 61% of the vote. That year, Republicans did not put up a formidable challenger. Potential Republican candidates include former Governor Kenny Guinn, Representative Dean Heller, former Representative Jon Porter or 2004 candidate Richard Ziser. Guinn might be the strongest challenger to Reid but will be 74 in 2010, three years Reid's senior. Porter had been viewed as the most likely to run as he had been interested since 2004 and been planning a run, but following his defeat for re-election to his House seat in 2008, he may no longer run.
8.) North Dakota (Byron Dorgan - D): Three term Senator Byron Dorgan may retire. He will be 68 years old in 2010. Dorgan, who represents the conservative state of North Dakota, may be vulnerable if he runs for reelection. Potential Republican candidates are Governor John Hoeven, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, and his brother, State Senate Majority Leader Bob Stenehjem. All have very high approval ratings, including Dorgan. John Hoeven would win easily, and should be pushed HARD to run.
RINOs in RINOs out.
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