The major change since 2004 is that there are now Democratic Governors and Sec’ys of State in place of Republicans in many states, and the unreliability of the Diebold-style machines with proprietary codes has surfaced even in the MSM. People around the country, at various levels, are keeping a closer eye on the votes than they were in 2004 and, I understand, it’s difficult to find someone with sufficient technical knowledge to rig the vote on a large scale who is also a dedicated conservative Republican willing to risk jail to put another Bush in office. (The guy who died in a plane crash a couple of years ago was an anomaly.)

IMO, the Bush name is anathema in politics for at least another 20 years and by that time Jeb will be too old to run. But I’ve been wrong before. When Junior announced in 1999 I saw him give a speech on C-Span and thought, ‘This idiot doesn’t have a chance against McCain.’ Boy, was I out to lunch on that one.