[Chancellor Palpatine]

Jeb 2008? Bad idea. Very, very bad idea. The Presidency should not become a family business, and we need to work on grooming non-Bush family members to be candidates.

Not only to mention that, there is also the fact that a large segment of the populace would be more than a little creeped out by it.

It needs to be nipped in the bud, frankly, before it gathers steam.

[Howlin]

Bump.

[varon]

Jeb 2008? Bad idea. Very, very bad idea. The Presidency should not become a family business, and we need to work on grooming non-Bush family members to be candidates.

I agree with you 100%!

[dpwiener]

Not only to mention that, there is also the fact that a large segment of the populace would be more than a little creeped out by it.

A Jeb Bush candidacy in 2008 would raise hackles all over the place. Nobody wants dynastic rulers in the United States, and this would whip up a tremendous amount of suspicion and paranoia about whether our country still had a freely-elected government. Frankly, the Democrats' best hope for winning in 2008 might just be to have Jeb Bush as their opponent; they could ride that fear all the way into the White House regardless of the condition of the economy or any foreign policy considerations.

That doesn't mean Jeb Bush can never become President, just that he can't immediately follow his brother in office. A Jeb Bush candidacy in 2012 or 2016, especially if he's had some seasoning in the U.S. Senate, is quite feasible. Then it becomes a novelty rather than a dynasty.

[wku man]

"Jeb 2008? Bad idea. Very, very bad idea. The Presidency should not become a family business, and we need to work on grooming non-Bush family members to be candidates."

For once, I find myself in agreement with you. Well said.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[cloud8]

"Jeb 2008? Bad idea. Very, very bad idea. The Presidency should not become a family business..."

One is reminded of the Kennedys. Camelot, America's royal family, and all that bilge. Bearing the name could get you elected, while just being an in-law was enough to get Sargent Shriver the VP nod when Eagleton dropped out. But now with the defeat of KKT, Joe's giving up his Massachusetts congressional seat, and the inept attempt of one of his nephews to even make it to the primary, it would seem that the dynasty is at long last coming to an end.