The Bush family is not going to go away

It's tempting to think that once January 20 arrives, we are rid of the Bush family forever. But we should avoid making that assumption, because as we now know for certain, the Bush family regards the country and indeed the entire world as its own personal fiefdom, and they are not going to give it up -- ever. So the push is on to put Jeb Bush in the Senate to wait in the wings for 2012:

President Bush is touting his younger brother Jeb’s qualifications to replace retiring Republican Mel Martinez as the next senator from Florida.

“He would be an awesome U.S. senator,” Bush said in a wide-ranging interview with RealClearPolitics.

“I think the party would benefit a lot by having Jeb Bush in the U.S. Senate,” the president added. “I think Florida would benefit a lot. I think the country would benefit a lot. And I think the Republican Party would benefit a lot. He is a proven leader who, when given responsibilities, succeeded.”

Earlier this month Jeb, a former two-term governor of Florida, told Politico that he is “considering” a run for Martinez’s seat. The Florida senator announced his retirement on Dec. 2.

I suspect that this is the real focus of the Bush Legacy Project -- not so much to burnish the legacy of the worst president in the history of the country, but because Jeb is the son that George Herbert Walker Bush had always earmarked for the presidency, and despite his tear-stained rant a few years ago when Bush the Younger left the Florida state house, he has no iintention of letting that dream be thwarted.