Jeb Bush Mulls Comeback

Saxby Chambliss won the runoff for his Georgia Senate seat last night, ensuring that the Democrats won’t get the 60-seat, filibuster-proof majority. But the big news of the day is that Jeb Bush is mulling a comeback in Florida. Bush tells the Politico that he’s “considering” pursuing the seat that will be left open in 2010 by retiring senator Mel Martinez. Bush’s political prospects had been stymied by his older brother’s approval ratings; since John McCain’s defeat, he has said that the GOP “can’t be anti-Hispanic, anti-young person, anti many things and be surprised when we don’t win elections.” Mel Martinez is a close friend of the Bush family—he was Dubya’s first HUD Secretary and the chairman of the Republican National Committee.