"Jeb Would Make a Great President"

Bush says brother Jeb would make "great president"
Reuters
2 hours, 51 minutes ago

President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he thought his younger
brother Jeb would make "a great president" but the two-term governor of
Florida had given no hint about his intentions.

"I have no idea what he's going to do. I've asked him that question
myself. I truly don't think he knows," Bush said in an interview with
Florida reporters posted on the St. Petersburg Times Website.

The president said he had pushed his "independent minded" brother
fairly hard about his plans after leaving the governor's office next
January. He predicted Jeb could have a "very bright" political future.

"I would like to see Jeb run at some point in time, but I have no idea
if that's his intention or not," Bush said.

Asked if Jeb should run for president, Bush said, "I think Jeb would be
a great president. But it's up to Jeb to make a decision to run."

Jeb Bush, 53, has said repeatedly over the past year that he will not
run for president in 2008. He has not said anything recently to
indicate a change in his thinking.

In an interview with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel published in
mid-April, he was asked about his future when he leaves the governor's
office.

Bush said: "There are two things politically that I won't do. I won't
run for the Senate and I'm not running for president. I don't know what
I'm going to do."

Jeb Bush's gubernatorial term ends in January 2007. George W. Bush's
second presidential term ends in January 2009 and he cannot run again.

There has never been a case in U.S. history of two brothers serving as
president.

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