2016′s “Shakespearean” tragedy: Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush might not be friends anymore!

That little turncoat.  Why couldn't he just wait his turn....
Oh, I guess he realized he wouldn't have one.  George P.
will be the first, I mean, second Hispanic president!

(Salon) - It is a tragedy of Shakespearean proportion! “Shakespearean,” that’s the New York Times’ word, because of course it is, to describe the relationship between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio. “Mr. Rubio’s plan to enter the presidential campaign here on Monday, upstaging Mr. Bush in his own backyard,” the Times writes, “signals a decisive, Shakespearean turn in a 15-year relationship so close, personal and enduring that friends describe the two men as almost family.”

Well… sure. Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush had a lot of common interests for a long time, so they helped each other out along the way. But the Times makes it sound like they’ve been covertly smooching on the regular for a while. (“Mr. Rubio was sworn in as speaker, Mr. Bush insisted he hold an elaborate ceremony in which the governor playfully handed him a sword that he said symbolized their shared conservative values.” Ow ow!) They live “two and a half miles apart,” as though that’s somehow unusual for people from the same major metropolitan area. Now it is 2015 and they continue to have a mutual interest in the presidency of the United States, but at the same time.

Oh well, they’ll deal.

The people who may not be able to deal, though, are the legion of Florida Republican political operatives who have hitched their careers to the advancement of these two gentlemen. Look at them whine about how terrible their lives are now that they have two very viable presidential contenders down the street to choose from. Wrenching. Just… just awful. Read more.