he also has the endorsement of jeb bush jr., jeb bush's son, jeb jr., you may recall, endorsed jon huntsman last year, but since then, mr. huntsman dropped out of the race and endorsed mitt romney, so by transitive property and because jeb bush jr. also followed mr. huntsman's lead, mr. romney also has an endorsement from jeb bush's son, jeb jr. so who are we missing here? oh, yeah! this is the other big problem for mr. romney. and to be fair, it would be a problem for any republican nominee this year. the most interesting story in american domestic politics continues to be the efforts of post-george w. bush, post-dick cheney republican party politicians figuring out who they are. the party nominated john mccain and sarah palin in 2008, and with all due respect to them as politicians, these two do not seem to have stuck in the minds of anyone, really, as the next generation of national leaders for the republican party. and the legacy of george w. bush himself and of his presidency, at this point, seems still too toxic for anybody to seek that particular blessing in modern politics. not only

. >> are you sure jeb bush or was it jeb bush, jr. ho said -- likes the idea of rubio being the vice presidential candidate. >> he doesn't have a son's name. it's george p bush, and it's jeb bush himself recommended -- >> rubio is basically bush's protege. and but to put bush on the ticket would really be back to the future. bush didn't run because he didn't think it was time for another bush. so i think adding himself to the ticket would be another anchor on mitt romney. >> what he has just done has excluded him from being on the ticket. [overlapping speakers] >> he's not angling to get on the tick the he believes it's too early for bush. if he didn't believe that, he would have run himself. >> he wants to shut down the whole process of bidding. >> how does -- that doesn't rule him out as a -- >> look like the world's greatest ego. >> why? >> because he sets this up and really wants to be vice president. >> i don't think romney will pick him and i don't think he wants. >> if he wanted it why have come out earlier. he's made statements