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Jeb Bush: Disliked as far away as Ireland. Photo by the Labour Party
You needed a little bit of good news this morning, didn’t you? Well here it is: “Dousing Republican hopes that a political giant would enter the U.S. Senate race, Jeb Bush said Tuesday that he will not run,” says a St. Petersburg Times story this morning. Oh, but it gets better.
That is if you’re among the vast majority of Americans who never want to hear the name Bush again, ever:
“Jeb’s decision probably marks the end of the Bush era in Florida,” said Brian Crowley, a veteran former political writer for The Palm Beach Post. “If Jeb stays on the sidelines in 2010, a future presidential race may be out of the question. By 2012, he will have been out of office for six years and he risks becoming — Jeb who?”
Want to know more? The story has a little pre-game analysis, too:
“On the Democratic side, [the state of Florida's] Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink would be the clear favorite, and Bush’s departure should make the race more inviting for her. Spokeswoman Tara Klimek said Sink, 60, is focused on the Legislature’s budget deficit deliberations and has not made a decision.
“It’s a huge game-changer for the Republicans, not as much for us,” Democratic state Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami, another likely contender, said of Bush’s decision, noting that Bush didn’t scare off Democrats as much as Republicans.
