A Trial Balloon

Michael Barone, who writes for The Washington Examiner, has an interesting bit of political gossip. He notes that Jeb Bush's first cousin, John Ellis, on his blog Ellisblog, is running up the flagpole the idea of a Jeb Bush presidential run in 2012.

Ellis treats it as a sort of afterthought as he dismisses the Romney candidacy and puffs up the Palin chances. Is it likely Ellis is doing this without Jeb's okay?

My real question is whether anybody will salute the "Jeb in 2012" flag. It may well be that the Bush brand has been too badly damaged by Jeb's father and brother.