The GOP sure does love its Bushes

Now that Jeb Bush has withdrawn himself from consideration in Florida's 2010 Senate race, Politico reports that the GOP has a real problem on their hands.

By declining a chance to run for the Senate seat of retiring Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has deprived Republicans of a leading recruit and created a wide-open battle that could result in crowded, messy primaries in both parties.

As former Florida State Republican Party Chairman Alex Cardenas told the St. Petersburg Times before Bush said he wasn't running:

As a Republican who loves his party so much, I know we need him.

Well, they're not getting him, and it's truly an amazing commentary on the GOP that not having a Bush running for federal office is a huge setback.