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October 24th, 2008

James Nicoll cites a mind-boggling statistic about US presidential politics:

The last time the Republicans won the White House without a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket was 1928.

Clearly Jeb Bush is a dead cert for a spot on the Republican ticket in 2012.

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