Subject: Jeb Bush

• Bush in the Closet?

  October 10, 2006

• BEST POLITICAL COMEBACK

  May 12, 2005

• Jeb Gets a Job

  Jeb Bush used to have a cushy post-Gov gig as a private equity adviser at Lehman Brothers. Well, apparently his private equity advice didn't do much in keeping the firm from collapse, and Ol' Jebby's only had his duty as president of Jeb Bush & Associates to keep him busy ever sense. Unlike the countless former finance industry workers who will spend their holiday season sitting in pajamas desperately combing Monster.com want ads, Bush found a back up gig. He'll be joining the Board of Direc

  December 1, 2008

• Don't You Think Jeb Bush Should Just Go Away?

  So this Jeb Bush character wants to be our Senator, aye? What has he ever done for us? Oh, he was our Governor. Great, great. He was also the brother of that one guy, what is his name? I think he was the President for a little while, maybe. I can't remember, everyone has forgotten him now. Jack Y. Bush! That Guy!   I mean, on the upside for whatever rube the Democratic party coughs up to run (is their another moderate astronaut out there?), she or he will probably get an added influx o

  December 3, 2008

• Sink May Put a Drain On GOP Senate Hopes, Yet

  "Sink not running against Martinez," technically this Politico.com headline from Monday is correct, as no one will be running against Mel Martinez, ever again. But their assertion that she wasn't throwing her hat in the ring to become Florida's junior Senator in 2010 may have been off the mark. Naked Politics, the "Internet blog," is reporting that she still hasn't made up her mind. They also point out that Sink's hubby, Bill McBride, took a strong beating in the 2002 Gov race against possible R

  December 4, 2008

• News Roundup

  Your friendly former Kendall neighbor OJ Simpson is facing sentencing today. He could get anywhere from six year to life. [AP]Charlie Crist was at Art Basel yesterday, and CBS4 asked him about a possible Senate run. He said he is not interested. That is all ...what? I do not have any closet jokes this morning. Sorry. [CBS4]Unsurprisingly, Eye on Miami is not all that thrilled with this Jeb Bush for Senate nonsense. [Eye on Miami]The I95's new express lanes go into effect today. [Herald]A Broward

  December 5, 2008

• Obama Picks Some White Guy for HUD. What's a Manny to Do?

  Barack Obama continued his pattern of naming just about everyone from the Clinton administration to his cabinet, while simultaneously leaving Latinos out in the cold by picking Shaun Donovan as his secretary of housing and urban development. But hey, that was our Mayor Manny Diaz's fantasy position! Obama, you tease, we totally thought you were going to take him away from us, and we were all excited ... for him! Well, there's still a little hope. Diaz could be named to head this so-called White

  December 15, 2008

• News Roundup

  Two Miami Beach men who used to work at Lehman Brothers are being charged with insider trading. [Herald]Attorney General Bill McCollum would very much like to see the Seminole Tribe stop offering blackjack and other illegal card games at their casinos. [SunSent]60% of Floridians view Jeb Bush favorably, including 46% of Democrats. Of course that is a far way away from Charlie Crist's 74% approval rating. We just like everyone in this state! [Buzz]Charlie Crist is going to fill our hole, our budg

  December 19, 2008

• Dirty Money

  February 27, 1991

• All Signs Point to a Jeb Bush Senate Run

  The holiday break brought us so many cheerful tidings: The Dolphins are heading the playoffs, gas prices are at a four year low, we get an iPhone, and the new Animal Collective leaked. So of course there has to be some sort of proverbial coal in the stocking: Jeb Bush seems poised to run for Senate in 2010, according to Politico. "Sources say Bush hasn't made up his mind about running for Martinez' seat, but that he's getting green lights from would-be contributors and blessings from Republ

  December 29, 2008

• Is There a Major Bush vs. Crist Feud Brewing?

  Tucked away in the RedState.com post we linked to earlier is this delicious little nugget: "Charlie Crist has been on a roll lately undermining conservatives. Behind the scenes, he is trying to drum up opposition to Jeb Bush's Senate run, not because he doesn't want another Bush, but because he wants a more moderate candidate."You can either take it at face value, or assume certain people sympathetic to Jeb Bush and more conservative ideologies are churning out rumors trying to paint Crist

  January 5, 2009

• Jeb Bush Senate Speculation Downgraded To "Iffy"

  Last week, Jeb Bush's possible Senate conquest seemed like all but a sure thing, but today The St. Pete Times has declared its status as "iffy." Bush is expected to make an official statement soon, possibly by week's end. Jeb Bush seemed more intent on saving the GOP than serving Florida, and The Times hears from insiders that he may not want to sacrifice his consultant gigs and time with his family for a full time career in Washington. Coupled with the widespread sentiment that Bush may not

  January 6, 2009

• Budget-Slashing Session Takes Aim at Education

  Florida's capitol has been completely controlled by Republicans for the past ten years, and with that regime has come tax cut after tax cut after tax cut. Jeb Bush cut taxes by $12.2 billion during his terms, with half of those savings going toward the wealthiest 4.5 percent. Charlie Crist earlier this year strongly supported a tax cut amendment that passed. He has also done his best to continue to cut taxes. But tax cuts must come with responsible cuts to government programs and effective stre

  January 6, 2009

• Jeb Won't Run. Rubio Will?

  During the last part of 2008, it seemed like Jeb Bush had already won the 2010 Senate race, but this afternoon he announced he won't be running. "While the opportunity to serve my state and country during these turbulent and dynamic times is compelling, now is not the right time to return to elected office," Bush said in an official statement. But he hopes to play a role in rebuilding his party, and education reform.  Meanwhile, Politico reports that with Jeb out of the picture, former state

  January 6, 2009

• Jeb Bush Loves Sweden's "Voucherized" Education System

  Former Gov. Jeb Bush sat down with the Wall Street Journal for a lil chitchat, and after getting it out of the way that he would never, ever want to be honored on President's Day, he starts getting hyper-excited about the Swedish education system. "The idea that somehow Sweden would be the land of innovation, where private involvement in what was considered a government activity, is quite shocking to us Americans," Mr. Bush says. "But they're way ahead of us. They have a totally voucherized syst

  February 16, 2009

• Road Show

  August 10, 1994

• Florida Lotto Vending Machines Return

  You know what is just the worst? When you're at a gas station and want to buy a Diet Coke and a Cheerios Milk & Cereal Bar, but the guy in front of you decides to get $50 in scratch-off tickets. Which inevitably takes forever. Seriously, it is the worst. "No! I said I wanted ten Pink Panthers and five Mustang Moneys. Go ahead and throw in three of those Diamond Dazzlers too. Wait, actually make that four Wild Cherries." Well, good news. The Florida Lottery is bringing back vending machine

  June 5, 2009

• BEST JUDGE

  May 13, 2004

• Dear Politicians, Please Exploit Your Family Dogs

  The liberal, elitist media would like you to think that Barack Obama is the first ever dog-owning politician in history. Charles Beauregard "Bo" Hussein Kennedy-Obama (yes, we've made that joke today but we will continue to call him that until the Obama administration produces his birth certificate. Why are you hiding the birth certificate, Obama, why?) is cute and all, but surely there must be other cute, political dogs.

  April 15, 2009

• And the Band Played On

  December 13, 2007

• Letters from the Issue of December 21, 2006

  December 21, 2006

• Letters from the Issue of September 29, 2005

  September 29, 2005

• Zen and the Art of Press Management

  June 16, 2005

• Count All Votes -- Except Those for Nader

  October 7, 2004

• Rage Against the Machines

  September 23, 2004

• BEST GUERRILLA SKATEBOARDING

  May 15, 2003

• Smaller Is Better

  May 8, 2003

• Barred for Life

  January 16, 2003

• FIU, too! All right?

  November 21, 2002

• Little Goes A Long Way

  November 7, 2002

• "Thanks, Jeb!"

  November 7, 2002

• Resegregation Now, Resegregation Forever!

  February 28, 2002

• Space Cowboy

  August 16, 2001

• Best Local Girl Gone Bad

  May 17, 2001

• Letters to the Editor

  November 30, 2000

• The Untold Story

  November 30, 2000

• Letters to the Editor

  September 21, 2000

• Schoolhouse Knocks

  August 24, 2000

• Best Political Gamble

  May 11, 2000

• Letters

  November 5, 1998

• Jeb Repackaged

  October 29, 1998

• Leonard Abess Makes TIME 100

  Every year Time magazine makes a list of the 100 most influential people of that year. It is a big deal, because the American public loves lists. Those you would suspect make the grade: Barack & Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Oprah. A few surprising, but warranted inclusions: M.I.A., Nate Silver, Tina Fay, and Sully Sullenberger. Then there are a couple of 'WTF' choices: Zac Efron, the founder of 4Chan [nsfw], and the ladies of The View. Rounding out that esteemed list is

  April 30, 2009

• Republicans Aren't Here to Make Friends

  The Republican Party is doing such a good job painting itself as a party slowly collapsing in on itself that Democrats really don't have to do anything but highlight that fact once in a while. The Republicans are clearly not here to make friends like so many reality show contestants before them, as evidenced by their ever-shrinking share of the electorate.  "Hey, should we produce a smart little ad highlighting the faults of conservative ideology?" "Um, why don't we just take that Olympia

  May 6, 2009

• News Roundup

  A Super Cab driver was shot in a burglary attempt early this morning. He's recovering at Jackson Memorial. [CBS4] A venomous lionfish was caught off the coast of Miami. They're not very big, but their habit of eating everything makes them a threat to ecosystems. [Herald] The neighborhood surrounding the old Orange Bowl site (and new Marlins stadium) has been cited as the third most violent neighborhood in America. [NBCMiami] CBS4's and the Herald's attempt to unseal the arrest affidavit o

  June 24, 2009

• News Roundup

  Former Senate President Jim King died this weekend after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He had been a lawmaker for more than 23 years. Perhaps King's highest-profile moment came when the Republican senator successfully opposed Gov. Jeb Bush in the Terri Schiavo case. [FTU]It's been a bad month for the former owner of Windjammer Cruises. His old house (that castle in Miami Beach) burned down a week and half ago, and now one of his sons is dead. [CBS4]I don't know what a "disco st

  July 27, 2009

• Who Will Charlie Crist Appoint to Replace Mel Martinez?

  Charlie Crist has the power​As long as I live, I don't think Florida will see a more chaotic election cycle than 2010. Now, Mel Martinez has thrown in another twist by resigning early, leaving the decision to pick his appointment to Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running to replace Martinez himself. Let's take a look at some of the names being floated around complete with our odds, which we calculated through the magic of "picking numbers at random that sounded sensible." Himself: I

  August 7, 2009

• Jeb Bush: Obama Hates Capitalism

  ​Jeb Bush has emerged as one of the more sane and reasoned voices on the right, usually by keeping his foot a good distance from his mouth. His modus operandi since leaving office has been to keep a relatively low profile and remain a strong voice for conservatism while not making a buffoonery of the movement by shouting nonsense at the top of his lungs.Well, until Wednesday at least. Speaking at the tenth U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform Summit, Bush went off topic while responding to

  October 30, 2009

• News Roundup

  A county program that helped low-income people pay their utility bills will be shut down because the county was overwhelmed by the amount of applications that came in. [CBS4]Whiney Fidel Castro says America is infecting Cuba with swine flu, but not intentionally. [CBS4]For the 21st time this year, a slaughtered horse was found in South Florida. [Herald]Gas prices in South Florida have hit a high for 2009. The average is now $2.72 a gallon. [CBS4]PoliticsOnly 22 percent of Republicans would vote

  November 2, 2009

• Who is Paula Dockery and Why is She Running for Governor?

  After a few months of publicly flirting with the idea, Republican State Senator Paula Dockery of Lakeland officially announced today that she will run for Governor, and challenge Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Republican Primary. So, who is this lady and why is she doing it? She says she's had constitutents practically begging her to run to "offer voters the opportunity to have a different choice."The fact that she has a very rich husband doesn't hurt either. Hubby C.C

  November 3, 2009

• Why Do Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Continue To Hide Their Love?

  via Dem Underground​All of Florida is wondering when Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio will come out and make it official. They are totally in political love, but why won't Jeb put a ring on it by endorsing Rubio over Gov. Charlie Crist in the Senate primary? Years ago, things weren't so hush-hush. During Rubio's House Speaker swearing-in ceremony, Bush unsheathed his big, powerful, gold sword and bestowed it upon Rubio's eager hands. Seriously."I'm going to bestow to you the sword of a great

  November 10, 2009