not sure that name bush on ballot will be a positive in '08, jeb was supposed to be the bush guy in the white house, however, he lost '94 florida gubernatorial election to dem incumbent lawton chiles...seems that jeb attributed his '94 loss to perception that he was too conservative, he had right-wing crank tom feeney (then a state legislator, now a u.s. house member whose district was drawn specifically for him) as lieutenant governor running mate and christian conservatives were prominent during the campaign, thus was *compassionate conservative* born (run as a moderate, govern as a right-winger)...
statewide polls in florida have consistently shown little public support for jeb running for prez, fewer than a third have favored him doing so...much higher percentage has favored him running for u.s. senate against dem bill nelson, a seat that now appears will remain in dem hands given the thus-far disastorous campaign of cruella deville, er katherine harris...reps seem resigned to this outcome, hoping that nelson's 35% lead in the polls can be reduced to the point where he has to do some real campaigning, spend some money, and be prevented from helping other dem candidates... mh
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