Let me see if I...have this straight.

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8. Pick one and wish him well.

Do you really think the Republican party will settle for irreparably severely damaged goods and allow another election to slip out of their reach when they have another option in the wings? I don't.

I fear a late entry of Jeb Bush, maybe as late as the convention. With that the well-oiled Bush machine will shift into high gear, if it's not there already. That machine plays to win, whatever it takes. It will steal what it cannot earn.

I see this as a strong possibility, and this one is much more talented than the other 2 Bushes. Americans have very short memories and they'll believe Jeb when he says he's the New Improved Bush. Like the others but without the warts.

We want one of the current crop to sustain viability past the point of no return. So let's hold some of our fire a little longer. We want it to be one of them. Let it play out. Then we pounce and never let up.