The Bush That Should Have Been

Many have suggested that Jeb Bush is the Bush brother that should have been President (at least if one of them should have been).  Had he won his race for the Florida Governorship in 1994 as his brother did in Texas, I think it very possible that he would have been the nominee of the Party in 2000.  "W", though won in Texas, and Jeb didn't get around to winning until '98, and didn't have the record of experience to make the run in 2000.

Now comes word that Jeb is considering running for the Senate in 2010, for the seat that Mel Martinez has announced he'll vacate.

Some Bush-haters will despise that thought, and consider it yet another sign of a secret cabal trying to control the one-world government.  But there are a fair number of Republicans in-the-know who believe that Jeb would have been the better President, that he WAS a better governor, and that he's the better political mind in the Bush family.  I tend to agree.

Here's an interview done with him the other day (scroll down the story to see the video).  He seems to have a vision--partially for the ideology, but more for the way that the Republican Party needs to act to resurrect itself.  Generally, I think he's got it right.

LLE