Please not. Specially when GW says, that he'd make a great one.
He said that Tenet did a great job, thought Brownie did a great job and 
thinks that Rummy does as well.
That's enough to say "Please not"
Michael

A 3rd President Bush? First 2 All for It By NEDRA PICKLER, AP 

ORLANDO, Fla. - Could there be a third President Bush? The current chief 
said Wednesday that younger brother Jeb would make a great one, too, and 
has asked him about making a run. The first President Bush likes the idea 
as well. 

Jeb Bush, the Republican governor of Florida, has one asset that his 
presidential brother doesn't right now — approval from most of his 
constituents. While George W. Bush's approval ratings are in the low 30s, 
some 55 percent of Florida voters surveyed last month by Quinnipiac 
University said Jeb was doing a good job.

The governor has repeatedly said he won't be a candidate for president in 
2008, but that doesn't stop his family from encouraging him to go for it 
some day.

"I would like to see Jeb run at some point in time, but I have no idea if 
that's his intention or not," the president said in an interview with 
Florida reporters, according to an account on the St. Petersburg Times Web 
site.

He said his brother would make "a great president" and that he had "pushed 
him fairly hard about what he intends to do."

"I truly don't think he knows," Bush said.

Jeb Bush, 53, will end his second term as governor in January. His brother 
George ends his second presidential term in January 2009. Neither can seek 
re-election because of term limits.

The governor got the buildup from his brother on the same day that he got 
some bad news out of Tallahassee. Florida House Speaker Allan Bense said 
Wednesday that despite personal appeals from the governor, he will not 
challenge Rep. Katherine Harris for the party's nomination for U.S. Senate.

Jeb Bush has said he doesn't think Harris, the former secretary of state 
famous for her role in the 2000 Florida recount that clinched 
    
George Bush's presidential bid, can win the seat.

The Bush name could hurt as well as help in national politics right now. 
But because of that familiar name and family connections throughout the 
country, Jeb Bush has the luxury of being able to wait and decide if he 
wants to run while other candidates have to get to work early.

"Right off the bat, if he decided to run, he's got the advantage over many 
of the others who might be contenders," said Republican political 
consultant Rich Galen, who has known the family since George H.W. Bush was 
vice president. "He doesn't have to establish his name. He's got it."

And, Galen points out, Jeb Bush has dealt with a lot of high-profile issues 
including hurricanes, immigration and sprawling development in one of the 
most important political states.

His own father says no one believes him when he says he's not interested in 
running at some point. Former President Bush told CNN's "Larry King Live" 
last year that he would like Jeb to run one day and that the son would 
be "awfully good" as president.

The Florida governor laughed when asked about his father's comments last 
June and said, "Oh, Lord." He simply shook his head no when asked if he was 
running.

The brothers Bush appeared together Tuesday during the president's visit to 
the Tampa area. Gov. Bush was waiting on the tarmac when Air Force One 
arrived and greeted the president with a politician's handshake 
and "Welcome to Florida." The president brushed aside the formality and 
playfully adjusted his younger brother's necktie.

Jeb Bush introduced his brother at a retirement community in Sun City 
Center. They had a private lunch together with political supporters, then 
visited a fire station and appeared together before television cameras to 
express concern about wildfires that were blazing across the state. The 
governor was not with the president during his visit to The Puerto Rican 
Club of Central Florida in Orlando Wednesday — George W. Bush's final stop 
on a three-day trip to the state. But the president was sure his brother 
still got some attention.

"Yesterday I checked in with my brother," President Bush said as he took 
the stage. "Make sure everything's going all right. I'm real proud of Jeb. 
He's a good, decent man and I love him dearly."

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