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Jeb!
Oliver Willis — ... Dang, if Jeb Bush runs for Mel Martinez’s senate seat in Florida I don’t think the Dems can pick it up, even though the state is now back in the blue column. That name is toxic for him if he’s got aspirations to the White House in the next decade, but it he left office pretty popular down there. ...

Report: Jeb Bush “seriously considering” Senate run to replace Martinez
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... I’m reeling , but that’s probably because I can’t get over his growing resemblance to Chevy Chase. Two sources close to Jeb Bush, including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has retired.“He is receiving a lot of encouragement from both in and out of the state,” an longtime Bush adviser said tonight. “He is going to take his time and approach this very methodically.” Bush will weigh, according to this adviser, how a run would impact his family, ...

Bush Pondering Run For Senate
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Nah-h-h … Just dicking with ya. The udder Bush … Heh! Jeb Bush Ponders Florida Senate Run by Marc Ambinder - (The Atlantic) Two sources close to Jeb Bush, including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has retired. “He is receiving a lot of encouragement from both in and out of the state,” an longtime Bush adviser said tonight. ...

Jeb Bush Considers Senate Bid
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Marc Ambinder says two sources close to Jeb Bush, "including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has ...

Jeb Bush Ponders Florida Senate Run
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has retired. If he decides to run, Republicans expect the field to clear for him. Maybe. Gov. Charlie Crist, with whom Bush has not had the warmest of relations, is said to be interested in moving to the Senate. Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is weighing a bid, as is former state House Speaker Marco Rubio, Orange County executive Richard Crotty, and U.S. Rep. Connie Mack. Read more: http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/12/je...

Jeb Bush for Florida Senate in 2010? YES We Can
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Flap posted earlier today that Jeb Bush WOULD be interested in the soon to be vacant Mel Martinez Florida United States Senate seat. And, lo and behold Jeb is IN. Two sources close to Jeb Bush, including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has retired. “He is receiving a lot of encouragement from both in and out of the state,” an longtime Bush adviser said tonight. “He is going to take his ...

Jeb Bush Seriously Considering Florida Senate Run
The Moderate Voice — ... According to The Atantlic’s Marc Ambinder, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is seriously pondering a run for Senate in Florida…and even a bottle of charcoal lighter fluid on the shelf at Ace Hardware can guess that his name would then eventually be mentioned in the running for the Oval-You-Know-What: ...

Jeb Bush Eyes Florida Senate Run
Politics Daily — ... recently, the GOP is in serious danger of becoming the "old white-guy party." Well, evidently, Jeb seems to have a possible solution. He himself is considering a run for Mel Martinez's soon to be vacated Senate seat. Yes, the best way to diversify the Republican party is to replace the only Hispanic GOP Senator (or person of color of any kind, for that matter) with yet another old white guy. "Old" is a relative term, of course. And, to be fair, Jeb is only 54, a veritable infant in congressional circles. But his election to the Senate would certainly make it no ...

Step 2 in the conversion of the U.S. into a feudal society
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... And just to make sure this happens, the Greed Wing of the Republican Party is setting up its choice to run against Barack Obama in 2012.

Jeb eyes open Senate race
Political Animal — ... process. He will consider the impact a race would have on his family and his business and whether or not the U.S. Senate is the best forum from which to continue his advocacy for the issues on which he's focused, such as education, immigration, and GOP solutions to health care reform. [...] Since Martinez's announcement Tuesday, Bush has received many phone calls and emails from Floridians and national Republicans urging him to run, the source close to him said Tuesday night. Marc Ambinder reported that "two sources close" the former Florida governor confirm that Jeb is ...

MORNING READ
The Hill's Blog Briefing Room — ... . Two sources close to Bush told Marc Ambinder that the former governor is seriously considering a campaign for Senate. If Bush runs, he could clear the GOP primary field and help the party's image with Hispanic voters, Ambinder adds. The Senate campaign provides Bush with an opportunity to redefine his and his family's image and set him up for a future run for the White House, writes Hot Air's ...

More Bush?
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings Jeb in the Senate? Are Americans doomed to repeat their mistakes of the past? Will Florida do it for them? (Oh, right, Jeb's the smart one. Well, that's not saying much, is it? Besides, a smarter Bush would be all that more dangerous.)

Proper News
N/A — Will a new scion from the Dynasty of Dumb rise up? Just when you thought that the Era of Error was over, Jeb Bush rises.  He may run for the Florida senate seat to be vacated by Mel Martinez

12/3: The GOP Comeback Begins?
Blogometer — ... not to challenge her in a 2010 primary, a by-product of tension between those two as a result of Palin's defeat of Lisa's dad for Governor. In Florida, Mel Martinez's announcement that he won't seek re-election in 2010 immediately led to reports that the current President's brother, ...

Did Mel Martinez Just Do the GOP a Favor?
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... ...unless, of course, they are brand names like Jeb Bush, who is reportedly contemplating a run for Martinez' seat. Bush left office in 2006 with approval ratings in the +20 range; they may have diminished slightly since then as a result of Bush Fatigue, but Floridians have little problem distinguishing Jeb from George W., even if that's less true of the rest of the country. Bush, should he choose to run, will have most of the advantages that an incumbent usually has: capital, name recognition, organization, enough stature to deter primary challengers. ...

Quote of the day
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... -- headline at fark. Actual story here. Oh please no.

FL-Sen: Jeb Bush seriously considering run for open seat
Daily Kos — If it happens, it will be a very big deal: Two sources close to Jeb Bush, including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has retired. "He is receiving a lot of encouragement from both in and out of the state," an longtime Bush adviser said tonight. "He is going to take his time and approach this very methodically."  Bush will weigh, according to this adviser, how a run would impact his family, his business, and ...

Come Right In, Mr. Brooks.
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The American Nepotist Class
PoliGazette — ... not to challenge her in a 2010 primary, a by-product of tension between those two as a result of Palin’s defeat of Lisa’s dad for Governor.  In Florida, Mel Martinez’s announcement that he won’t seek re-election in 2010 immediately led to reports that the current President’s brother, Jeb, might run for that seat.  And all of that’s just from the last couple of weeks. ...