....seriously....?

Well, the word from Florida is that Mel Martinez will be resigning his Senate Seat in 2010, leaving a Republican vacancy that prominent Florida Republicans are already scrambling to lay claim upon. Governor Charlie Crist, Representative Connie Mack, Florida Attorney General (and former 2000 Senate race loser) Bill McCollum- all familiar names, all being thrown into the mix.

But wait- they're not the ONLY ones weighing out a run. Word has it that former Governor Jeb Bush is seriously considering making a run for the seat, too, and if he does, a lot of these other contenders might just clear out of the way for him.

Wait, you say- JEB BUSH? Brother of the sitting President? The extremely UNPOPULAR sitting president...? THAT Jeb Bush?

You're kidding, right?

No, I'm not kidding. And here's another thing I'm not kidding about: If he runs, he'll win. And if he wins, he's a front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2012, if he wants that job.

Oh come on, you're saying, that's insane.

If you think so, you don't understand politics, my friend.

Do any of you remember how popular George H.W. Bush was when he was voted out of office in 1992? Well, let's put it this way- the guy he LOST to only got 42% of the popular vote.

The economy was in the tank, the popular consensus was that he had botched a war in Iraq- sound familiar?

Within two years of that election, George W. Bush was voted in as Governor of Texas. Four years later, he was reelected, and Jeb Bush was voted in as Governor of Florida.

Two years after THAT, George W. Bush defeated the incumbent Vice-President during a time of prosperity and peace, when the VP should have been a shoe-in, riding a wave of general disgust over the sycophantic sexual escapades of then-President Bill Clinton.

So George H. W. Bush's son took the Presidency. The Clinton name was spoken with a bad taste in the mouth of anyone who said it.

How soon everyone had forgotten 1992.

Eight years later, the most hated First Lady of modern History, now a twice-elected Senator from New York, came within inches of securing the Democratic party nomination for President. Now she is being welcomed back into the White House as Secretary of State.

How soon everyone has forgotten 2000.

Come 2010, be ready to see how quickly everyone has forgotten 2008. Jeb Bush, who right now has the worst surname in politics, will show how quickly we look back at bad times and say, "Wow, compared to NOW, we didn' know how good we had it!"