But what about the Jeb Bush revelation? It comes at the very end of the story, as Hagan asks Rove about the 2012 election:
It's early yet, and Rove is keeping his cards close and his options open. When I ask him which of the prospective candidates is the purest ideological heir to Bush, he won't answer. "I don't think that's the right question," he says, waving it away. But later, in an unscripted moment worthy of Palin, Rove does tell me about his dream candidate, a would-be "incredible" president of the United States, the one person he'd support without reservation, if only this man were running for the White House. Somebody who would set the world aright for Karl Rove.
Name of Bush. Jeb Bush.
This raises two obvious questions:
* Do we really want the next inhabitant of the White House to be the "purest ideological heir" to a president who led us into foreign-affairs swamps and over financial cliffs?
* Does Rove know that Jeb Bush wants to test the waters for 2012--and "Bush's Brain" is using a friendly reporter to send a none-too-subtle message?
The answer to the first question is a resounding no. The answer to the second question appears to be yes.
That means we could have a continuation of the presidency that brought us torture, warrantless wiretapping, political prosecutions, the unlawful firings of U.S. attorneys, a mortgage crisis, a meltdown in the financial sector. . . . And oh yes, a war in Iraq based on false premises.
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