I have been posting this ad nauseum for days to try to get thru to the "bash Jeb" crowd - if he got her, it would be only temporary, he'd be arrested, and state law would allow them to grab her back in about 3 days - so do you people want her brought back to a realization stage only to start the whole barbaric process over again?
Unless you finger pointers to the good guys instead of the real culprits are Constitutional lawyers that know something the other ones don't' - bug off
Very few Freepers argue that Michael, Felos, and Greer are the good guys. Those of us who have singled out Jeb have done so because as the executive in Florida, he bears ultimate responsibility. That's what executives are for. In this case, no matter how much he tried to do, he failed. No doubt, with all the action and risk he has taken, he would prefer Terri to live. However, at bottom, he wasn't willing to put everything at risk in the name of what he has stated is the right thing to do. If either you or I back down from our values, any fair observer has the right to challenge our integrity to those values. He has chosen the stage of being an elected official. Scrutiny is fair. No one can make a convincing case he has done everything within his power--because when push came to shove, he backed down in spite of what he believed was right. He isn't evil; however, he did fail.
Again, it is nice that he tried. Success is not relative, however, and the only definition of success in this case is the continued survival of Terri.
As conservatives look for their next leader, they have every right to consider not just where Jeb's heart is, but whether he has the fortitude to put everything at risk and communicate those inner values into outward action that gets the desired result. Jeb doesn't. He failed. Period.