Jeb recently said he liked Paul Ryan as a potential presidential candidate. I said that was just so much horse hooey.

But I am curious as to what he’ll do over the coming months.

I suspect he’ll keep on doing things to muddy the waters – which is what the whole Ryan thing was all about.

Rick Perry jumps into the race, threatens to turn things into a simple, two man affair (Perry v Mitt) that could resolve itself not long after South Carolina with a de facto nominee in hand.

So what does Jeb do? Why he muddies the waters, of course. Uses his big name clout in Republican circles to suggest that no one currently running is really the right man for the job, neither politically nor ideologically. And he tosses out the name of another savior. If Ryan had jumped into the race, I have no doubt that Jeb would have been touting New Jersey Chris Christie as the kind of candidate the GOP needs. And if Christie were in the race he’d say… well, you get my point.