as Nikki Finke would say "TOLD YA SO"... Jeb Bush mulling presidential bid

[Samantha]

47. Generally speaking, I agree with you

I make an exception though for Jeb Bush. Many things he and the Florida legislature advocated were Unconstitutional but people simply did not realize that and believed they would carry through their threats. One in particular was if Gore won the recount, the Legislature would just pick the slate of electors (Republican) and send those votes to the Electoral College to be counted. If they had done that, the Electoral College could have just thrown on that slate because the State's constitution specifically required that the winner of the popular vote would determine the slate of electors. If the Florida legislature had carried through with that threat, it would have been violating its own constitution and the slate could not have been considered legitimate. Additionally, it could not have passed any law changing its state constitution after the election but before the Electoral College votes for Florida were chosen.

That is just one example. Jeb has a lot on his resume that makes him not fit to occupy the Oval Office.

I thought they simply showed the Bush family in the hotel room watching the returns to try and stoke some sentimental reaction at the sight of Barbara and George H.W. Bush from the public which they hoped would result in more Floridians hoping that George W. Bush* would win the state that evening. Kind of shabby ....

Sam