CNN reports that FL Sen. Mel Martinez will replace Ken Mehlman as head of the RNC. This reminds me ofthis Bush/Martinez story…
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), at the White House this spring for a meeting with other senators to discuss immigration with President Bush, was surprised when Bush approached him as the meeting broke up and observed: “Senator Martinez, you’ve been very quiet.”
“That’s Martinez,” Menendez said, pointing to Mel Martinez — Florida’s junior senator and Bush’s former secretary of housing and urban development.
“I’m Menendez.”
Bush turned bright red, we’re told. Seor Mayor?
The White House could not confirm the comment.
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Bush speaks fluent Spanish, but all the Spics still look alike to him.
Won’t that be perfect? w/ reports of his role in the Schiavo debacle, along w/ an SEC investigation…
lots of poop to continue to ham-string the ‘thugs over!
Chimpy jus’ don’t get it.
I seem to be the only one who thinks this is designed to give Jeb Bush a Senate seat.
Seems to me I’d heard a dozen other names for this job which sounded reasonable. Where did Martinez come from? And I am assuming that it is not possible (or legal?) to hold both the RNC job and Senator at the same time — it would be a stupid, stupid thing to do even if it were theoretically possible.
Who’s Jeb supposed to name??? Katherine? That’s fall down laughing funny. A pick from a sitting GOP congressman would cause (I think) a special election that might be dicey. There’s really nobody.
There wouldn’t be any urgency in Jeb naming a replacement for Martinez anyway. So it slips over to Crist who — despite the tempest in the teapot over that no show with W in Pensacola — is deeply indebted to the Bushies and names Jeb in a heartbeat.
Either that or Jeb just resigns and lets the Lt. Gov. do it before Crist steps in.
And voila! Jeb is in the senate without a campaign that might prove a little difficult and prove a career ending and intensely embarassing loss.
I think this is all about 2012. Jeb’s written off 2008 (as I really think most of the GOP has) thanks to his idiot brother but 2012 is still a possibility for him if he stays on the stage.
Martinez will remain in the Senate
trying to woo hispanics back.
“Some of my best friends are hispanic”