Jeb Bush Considering FL Senate Run In 2010
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With the announcement that current Florida GOP Senator Mel Martinez would not seek re-election in 2010 came news that Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida and younger brother of President George W. Bush, is considering a run for the vacancy.
Asked whether he was interested in running for the seat then, Bush told Politico by e-mail Tuesday night: “I am considering it.”
A source close to Bush said he’ll be thoughtful and methodical about the decision-making 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 issues such as education, immigration and GOP solutions to health care reform.
Jeb Bush was extremely popular as the governor of Florida and could easily provide the voter pull needed to keep Martinez’s seat in the GOP column in 2010.
In November, Jeb detailed these four steps the Republican party needed to adhere to to regain populist support:
- Show no tolerance for corruption
- Practice what it preaches about limiting the scope of government (“There should not be such a thing as a Big Government Republican”)
- Stand for working families and small busines
- Embrace reform
Sounds like a plan to me. What do you of Jeb Bush running for Senate?
Source: Politico
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December 29th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
NO MORE BUSH! Jeb will run for senate and the people of Florida will no dubt vote for him, then he will run for president in 2012. George Sr and George Jr were enough to ruin the republican party. Why can’t the Bushes just retire into the sunset. Chariman Obama is giving us enough to worry about. We need a true conservative like Sarah Palin.