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...fill the airwaves and the streets outside Schiavo's Florida hospice, even some conservatives wondered whether the unusual tactics spearheaded by legislators in Washington went too far. In Florida, there were revealing cracks in the state's conservative cohort, as some Republican pols who usually side with Governor Jeb Bush (who backs efforts to keep Schiavo alive) broke ranks. Powerful state senator Dennis Jones helped defeat eleventh-hour attempts in the Florida legislature last week intended to save Schiavo, telling TIME it was "the wrong vote." Some Florida Republicans say they winced when DeLay insisted that keeping Schiavo and patients...
Scott said the group ruled out many popular candidates. He discounted Jeb Bush’s candidacy because of the country’s resistance to dynasties. He noted that Sen. John McCain’s age makes him an unlikely candidate...
...that a second term for his son was granted as well, the White House will remain the center of the Bush family culture. But the elder Bushes will go on with their lives, which extend far beyond the White House. Son Jeb, Governor of Florida, is at an unprecedented 70% approval ("Gives one of the best stump speeches I've ever heard," says his father), although there is doubt whether he wants to move up after this term. Daughter Doro Koch is studying at the Virginia Theological Seminary, searching for a deeper understanding of the Christian faith. George P., once...
...lawyer and longtime Republican operative, Martinez was named Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Bush, and he quickly became the Administration's preferred candidate to run for the Florida seat. With the White House and the national Republican organization--not to mention Florida Governor Jeb Bush--in his corner, Martinez might have run a vigorous but dignified race. Instead, his campaign slung mud early, labeling his primary opponent a tool of the "radical homosexual lobby" (the St. Petersburg Times withdrew its endorsement of Martinez in disgust) and calling the federal agents who seized Cuban refugee Elián Gonz?...
...line kept breaking down. The only information that came through as the plane descended was a BlackBerry message from an aide that simply read: "Not good." Not long afterward, Rove got a more detailed picture and told the President and senior aides the bad news. Florida Governor Jeb Bush had been saying the state was looking good, and the Bush team had expected to be ahead in Ohio. But Kerry was leading everywhere. "I wanted to throw up," said an aide onboard. Bush was more philosophical: "Well, it is what it is," he told adviser Karen Hughes. On the ground...