Reuters reports that Jeb Bush believes that he has no future in politics:
The shadow of President Bush seemed to loom large over his younger brother on Wednesday, as the outgoing Florida governor ruled out any plans to return to elected office.
“No tengo futuro (I have no future),” Jeb Bush told Spanish-language reporters in Miami, when asked about any possible political ambitions after he steps down next month.
The popular, two-term governor has often been touted as a savvy politician with a good chance of following both his brother and father, George H.W. Bush, into the White House.
But the unpopularity and dismal job-approval ratings of his brother may have scuttled any plans Jeb Bush may have had for a future in politics after running one of America’s most crucial swing states for the past eight years.
Sam Brownback – who considers himself to be a ‘jeb-conservative'(?) – commented on it:
In a backhanded slap at President Bush, Brownback cited “a heritage issue” as one factor currently weighing against a Jeb Bush presidency.
That’s quite an, umh, overly subjective interpretation of Brownback’s words of course. He could also simply mean that Americans tend to oppose dynasties in general. America isn’t a Monarchy, but having a father as President, his son, and later another son, comes close to just that.
Now, if Reuters would have stated this without interpreting Brownback’s words in such an, again, overly subjective manner, it would have been a good point of course. Jeb Bush can forget about being President of the US. Not just because Americans dislike Dynasties, but also because of his brother’s legacy, which isn’t exactly positive right now.
Others:
Middle Earth Journal: Poor Jeb Joins the Reality Based Community.
Bark Bark Woof Woof: Dynasty Cancelled.
First Draft: A Family of Pariahs.
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