NEW YORK: The Bush dynasty will continue to dominate American political scene as reports of Jeb Bush, a former Governor of Florida, mulling to run for the presidency in 2016 elections become credible.

On Sunday, former President George W. Bush said odds of his brother, Jeb Bush, running for president in 2016 are evenly split. “I’d give it a toss-up,” the former president told Bob Schieffer on “Face The Nation” programme of CBS.

The former president also said that he was “all in” on helping his brother if he did make a decision to run. “I’ll do whatever he wants,” he said. “I will be one of his strongest backers. If he wants me out there publicly, I’ll be out there publicly. If he wants me behind the scenes, I’ll be behind the scenes. ... I’m all in for him. He’d be a great president. And the country could use an optimistic view like his.”

Other family members have previously stated that Jeb Bush is strongly considering whether to run for the nation’s top office. His son, George P. Bush, said in October, “I think it’s more than likely that he’s giving this a serious thought in moving forward.”

If Jeb Bush were to run , odds are he will be pitted against democratic leader Hilary Rodham Clinton.

Published in Dawn, November 10th, 2014