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Bush Wants to See Jeb in Senate
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The president tells Real Clear Politics that his party would benefit from having the former Florida governor serve in Washington. Says his younger brother “would be an awesome U.S. Senator.”       ...

Bush: Jeb ‘would be an awesome U.S. senator.’
Think Progress — ... for the U.S. Senate. “He would be an awesome U.S. Senator,” the president said. “He is a proven leader who, when given responsibilities, succeeded,” Jeb’s older brother said. (HT: ...

For GOP To Start Winning Again, Bush Recommends Tax Cuts
Firedoglake — ... Dismissing any notion that the country’s political center has shifted after the Democratic routs in 2006 and 2008, Bush turns to the Center-Right Nation canard in his interview with RCP. ...

Bush: "We're A Center-Right Country"
TPM Election Central — President Bush, in an interview with Real Clear Politics: "I still think we're a right-of-center country," the President responded when asked whether the election offered proof that the ideological center of the country had shifted to the left. Never mind that huge majorities support Obama's domestic and foreign policy agena, which includes pulling out of Iraq, talking to hostile foreign leaders, making health care available to everyone, hiking taxes on the rich, combating global warming, etc. etc. ...

Bush Sees a Future for His Brother in the Senate
The Caucus — ... . In an interview last week, Mr. Bush, said that Jeb would “be an awesome U.S. Senator” and that the party “would benefit a lot by having” him on Capitol Hill. “I think Florida would benefit a lot. I think the country would benefit a lot. And I think the Republican Party would benefit a lot,” President Bush ...

Happy Hour Links
Weekly Standard Blog — Continetti on Caroline Kennedy and dynasties. George Bush thinks brother Jeb "would be an awesome U.S. Senator." Palin talks about the arson committed at her church. Fed cuts interest rate to 0.5 percent. Rahm Emanuel is "reportedly on 21 different taped conversations by the feds -- dealing with his boss' vacant Senate seat." Eli Lake on the Iraqi shoe thrower's connections to the Sunni insurgency.

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — ... Real Clear Politics: In an exclusive Bush interview, the lame duck President claims we are a center-right country, joining a host of other Bush legacy builders who can't read polls. ...

POTUS - Part II
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — ... of our interview with President Bush is posted this morning. In it he talks about the role of the Internet and new media in politics, energy and the environment, and national security. If you missed Part One of the interview, it's available here . ...

RCP Interview With Bush
Riehl World View — RCP has a two part interview with George Bush on line. Part 1 Part 2 You might want to check it out. ...

The Toddler-in-Chief
Firedoglake — ... Obama once he’s in retirement — as if he could do so by any act short of running naked through downtown Dallas. The latest CNN poll finds that only one-third of his fellow citizens want him to play a post-presidency role in public life. (…) But the brazenness of Bush’s alternative-reality history is itself revelatory. The audacity of its hype helps clear up the mystery of how someone so slight could inflict so much damage. So do his many print and television exit interviews. The man who emerges is a ...