Now that George W. Bush has been proven to be such a failure, does Jeb have any chance of being president?
928797
You have got to be kidding!\n\nOnly if he is in control of the voting machines.
1168762
For clarification, Bush was not elected, he was selected, and no I don't think he will be held accountable.  I do think, however, he will be labeled the worst president in recent history.  Bush is not an intelligent person, and everyone knows that.  He was just lucky there were conservatives on the Supreme Court to select him as president back in 2000.
550530
Many great people have tried, but all have failed. It is I am afraid the true ending of mankind on this planet. As long as there are George Bush's in the world there will be war.
732141
It's still a possibility in the US, I don't put anything past Bush and his goons. \n\nHe may be down, but not out.  Out for those bums mean death.  \n\nI'm sure as we speak they are planning their next move - who is the next most puppet-like fratboy who obeys his pappy's friends who can relate to the Republican constituents (read that redneck, inbred, trailer park, impressionable, reccessive imbeciles) without question.
139725
Yes he can, but chances are that he won't even try.  Once you've lost the presidential primary, your chances of ever winning the office are very slim.
439798
I sure as hell hope so.  It's unfortunate but fitting that he is the face of America while it's getting the crap slapped out of it.
345052
Considering that he's pulled out of the re-election race due to low numbers in the polls, it doesn't seem like a good idea. Add to that his other woes of late, and he seems to be more of a liability than an asset to the Republicans, especially in a bid for the presidency--unless he can improve his image and popularity between now and then.
658765
no, when it was all said and done he will still go down in history as one of our GREATEST PRESIDENTS. i wish presidents could have more than 2 terms because i would have voted for him again!
925864
None. This is a proven fact as he failed in every business he tried before going in to politics. Although perhaps he would be excellent running a demolition company.
569692
I will hope that someone who has a better grasp of the English language comes to replace him. Hell he's MADE UP words, i wonder if Websters refuses to add them to the dictionary that he'll declare war on them? But i will miss all the quotes that prove his stupidity.  If a man can't even run an oil business his daddy gave him, how could we expect him to run a country properly? \n\nAnd i'll miss all the idiots who blindly follow him because he's the President. And all the red-necks who voted for him just because he's from the South. And all the imbeciles who supported him just to stay party loyal, and refuse to look at the facts and see how many international laws Bush has broken, how he's put us back into huge debt, and brought us into wars we have no business being in. And i'll miss all the incompetents who love having "The Decider" as their fearless, brainless leader.  \n\nHail to the chief indeed. I say, good riddance!
709368
You mean Jeb Bush?  No idea what you are talking about.  Why if the word "Bush" in the question there is a 90% chance the question is just idiocy?
660711
I don't know, I think we need someone dumber and more incompetent than the last president so that history will see Bush as being a good president. \n\nMaybe we can get Dan Quale to run.
1152657
The latter, most definitely. He tries too hard and is clearly lacking in any conviction of his own. While he does have a certain amount of charisma, I just don't think people trust him enough to ever run the country.
626074
Of course not...bush is a horrible president.
966338
I don't think many serious historians will consider him to be anywhere near that famously bad, but he is actually definitely in the running for the worst president in American history (link 1, below).\n\nAfter all, if you look at the huge blunders that have caused other presidents to be considered to be the worst in American history, it's not too hard to find an analogue that the most recent Bush has also committed.  Consider the overt corruption, the exposed illegal activities, the erroneous wars, the devisive name-calling... all of these FACTS and matters of public record.\n\nIn truth, I'm actually rooting for him to get the title.  I think it would be interesting to live in the time of someone who might so famously go down in history.  I'm a little disappointed that he lost congress' help.  But we still have two more years...
579701
"Jeb"(stands for John Ellis Bush), the president's brother, is Governor of Florida.  I've lived there, and frankly, he was a pretty good governor, and is quite popular in the state with all varieties of people. I think he would have made a much better president than the current Bush.  He is far more intelligent, and seems to have more consistent principles. He's never had a drinking problem, and appears to be a very stable man. If he were president, I don't think we'd be in Iraq today, I think we'd have made much more progress in Afghanistan, and I think our economy would be much healthier. Plus, the immigration issue would never have become the firestorm it is today, because it would have been dealt with intelligently years ago.  He speaks Spanish fluently, having spent time as an exchange student in Mexico, where he met is future wife, who is Mexican.  He has a far better understanding of the world.  \n\nIt certainly is POSSIBLE that he could run, but I think it would be highly unlikely.  First, he recognizes that the Bush name carries a lot of negative weight at this point in history. Secondly, his family has had some problems in the last few years, and I think he'd rather put those issues firmly in the past before he considers higher office.  (For those who don't know, his daughter Noelle has struggled with a drug problem, and his wife Columba was caught trying to sneak past customs without reporting items she purchased while visiting Paris - she was fined over $4000).  I think Jeb is looking forward to a few years out of the public eye so that he can spend time with the family and ensure that these types of things are not ongoing problems, before he would consider running for anything again.\n\nIt is possible that he might consider running for president sometime in the future, perhaps 5 or 10 years from now.  But the far more likely scenario is that Jeb's son, George P. Bush, might be considered for political office 20 or more years from now.  He made quite a stir when he spoke at the 2004 Republican Convention.\n\nWhile I can certainly understand why people would be opposed to having another Bush in power at this time, I'd suggest that these two brothers are very different people.  I agree that it is time for a change.  But Jeb is not the same person as George W., and seems to hold very different values.  I don't think he will run.  I don't think he would win if he DID run.  But even if he did, I don't think we would see the same approach to the world that his brother has taken.  It would be a very different world.
125488
Bush has done better than average with the hand he has been dealt while he has been President. While he is in no way the greatest President of all time. It usually takes an uber-lib to come out with the adjectives such as "pathetic".... especially when stating the "failure" without specific evidence as to how he has failed. (And NO, being in a war is not "failure")