Jeb Bush for Florida Senate in 2010? YES We Can

Flap posted earlier today that Jeb Bush WOULD be interested in the soon to be vacant Mel Martinez Florida United States Senate seat.

And, lo and behold Jeb is IN.

Two sources close to Jeb Bush, including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has retired.

“He is receiving a lot of encouragement from both in and out of the state,” an longtime Bush adviser said tonight. “He is going to take his time and approach this very methodically.”  Bush will weigh, according to this adviser, how a run would impact his family, his business, and whether the Senate would be the best platform for the causes he’d advocate — education, immigration, GOP solutions to health care and energy.

The sounds you hear are from the GOP field clearing and the sighs from the Democrats who thought they could capture the seat. Jeb Bush is very popular in Florida and should have an easy race to replace Mel Martinez.

Then, there is 2012 or 2016.