US News & World Report “Washington Whispers”:

Here’s Why Jeb Bush Won’t Run: Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has for months sternly rejected running to replace his brother in the White House, but only now are we finding out why. Friends say it’s his wife, Columba, who closed the door. “His wife has just said no,” a close Bush Florida political pal tells us.

Poor Columba, she has a target on her back. She ought to know by now that nobody stands in the way of the Bushes.

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