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More Of Josh Isay’s Greatest Hits
Firedoglake — ... reason to dispense with the small "d" democratic process of public elections. Not that the personal parallel holds, I'm certain Caroline Kennedy is an otherwise fine person who probably shares more of my own political beliefs than anyone else who is likely to get the job.  But people felt like they "knew" OJ, too. The point is, people think they "know" celebrities just because they see them all the time in the media.  They don't.

The Bush family is not going to go away
Brilliant at Breakfast — It's tempting to think that once January 20 arrives, we are rid of the Bush family forever. But we should avoid making that assumption, because as we now know for certain, the Bush family regards the country and indeed the entire world as its own personal fiefdom, and they are not going to give it up -- ever. So the push is on to put Jeb Bush in the Senate to wait in the wings for 2012: ...

Jeb Bush, Charlie Crist Potential Senate Contenders
Politics Daily — ... , "Republicans insist that Jeb has never been handicapped by his brother's troubles, but this is somewhat disingenuous: Jeb has not faced voters since 2002, a year in which Dubya was still highly popular. It is difficult to know how formidable Jeb would be now that the Bush name has become so toxic." President Bush weighed in on the possibility of his brother running by telling The Politico that Jeb would "be an awesome U.S. Senator." Deslatte writes that Bush's aides indicate that Bush would not use the Senate seat as ...