Always remember, never say never. Sure as heck it will come back to bite ya.
That being said, we need to keep explaining the difficulty in Jeb Bush actually winning. The country is still unsure we want another Bush in the White House. Too many bad memories to simply assume Jeb would be any better than his father or brother. The justified fear is a Jeb Bush candidacy would repeat the mistakes of Dole and McCain. Nor can I envision the Republican base supporting another, more liberal, candidate.
I think you are more than right Morgan.Sadly,43 destroyed the Bush brand. He failed to defend himself or the party so many times he almost gave credence to all the lies the left/DBM were making up about him.