{"id":7900,"date":"2006-07-11T10:40:46","date_gmt":"2006-07-11T14:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/7900.html"},"modified":"2006-07-11T10:40:46","modified_gmt":"2006-07-11T14:40:46","slug":"stay-out-of-the-bushes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/stay-out-of-the-bushes\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay out of the Bushes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, U.S. News reported<\/a> that Florida Gov. [tag]Jeb Bush[\/tag] (R) is being talked up as the ideal vice presidential candidate in 2008.<\/p>\n

“I wouldn’t be surprised if he becomes vice president,” said a Bush friend and Florida lawmaker. After all, it was good enough for his dad. The two reasons cited: Jeb is wildly popular in Florida, a key electoral state, and he is often called the smarter Bush brother.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With comments that will only fuel speculation further, Jeb was noncommittal<\/a> yesterday when asked about possibly joining a [tag]John McCain[\/tag] ticket.<\/p>\n

“I like Sen. McCain. I think he’s a good guy,” Bush told reporters after returning from a holiday in Maine with his family. […] When prodded about the likelihood of a McCain-Bush ticket, Bush hedged just slightly.<\/p>\n

“There’s all sorts of time to worry about the [tag]2008[\/tag] election,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Keep in mind, Jeb has been surprisingly forthcoming about his intentions. When asked about his interest in Florida’s Senate race last year, he quickly and categorically ruled out the possibility. Asked about running for president, Jeb was Shermanesque. Even when rumors surfaced about the NFL commissioner’s job, Bush said he did not want, and would not accept, the gig.<\/p>\n

But asked about becoming McCain’s [tag]running mate[\/tag], Jeb said, “There’s all sorts of time to worry about the 2008 election.” Given his track record, that suggests real interest.<\/p>\n

Over the last 30 years, every single Republican presidential ticket has featured someone named Bush or Dole. I was cautiously optimistic 2008 would break the trend. Perhaps not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, U.S. News reported that Florida Gov. [tag]Jeb Bush[\/tag] (R) is being talked up as the ideal vice presidential candidate in 2008. “I wouldn’t be surprised if he becomes vice president,” said a Bush friend and Florida lawmaker. After all, it was good enough for his dad. The two reasons cited: Jeb is wildly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}