What is going on with Jeb Bush?
Kossaks should all know the answer: he is playing eleven dimensional chess.
You see, Jeb Bush doesn't want to president, he doesn't even want to be the nominee. At one time 16 ears ago he did and thought he had a legitimate shot. But then along came his idiot brother who screwed that pooch. So now all that is left for Jeb is the possibility of a heady mixture of revenge served cold, and a pile of filthy lucre.
Most reports assume that over $100 million has gone into Jeb's campaign accounts already. There are many Republican advisors from previous campaigns who can be hired to reveal all the tricks whereby campaign donations can be funneled into the candidate's own accounts, or into the accounts of "consultants" who will then happily channel a substantial "commission" into an off-shore account of the candidate's choosing.
And of course Jeb is making a point of running without actually declaring that he is running, which means his finances are subjected to an even more pitifully low level of scrutiny.
That's the filthy lucre part. The revenge part of the scheme only became apparent this week when Jeb started tying himself as closely as possible to his idiot brother's legacy. What better way to humiliate W than to demonstrate to him that everyone in the country - even, god forbid, Republicans - understand that his administration was a complete disaster?
I admire his cleverness. Jeb will have trousered his illegal millions and will be back on the golf course in a few weeks, and can, until the day he dies, insist that it was W's fault for being such a shitty president.