Bob Shrum has lost eleventy-billion presidential campaigns, so he knows a little bit about who is unelectable. And he thinks all the Republicans are unelectable except Jeb Bush. Could be that that’s true. America just might be clamoring for a more competent Bush in 2012. You never know. But I don’t see the Republican base clamoring for Jeb. The base is not in a win-at-all-costs mood, and I don’t think they are likely to change until they have been locked out the White House for at least eight years. The base doesn’t want a third failed Bush presidency, they want Rand Paul to be president. Mitch McConnell can kiss their ass. And so can anyone even moderately reasonable. In 2012, it’s likely that Alan Keyes will be sounding like the liberal Republican in the race.
But Shrum presents us with a hell of a choice. More Bush or something much, much worse?
