David Frum already went at the Jeb Bush/Ken Mehlman piece in — you guessed it — the Wall Street Journal today. He has a lot going for him, Right-wise, but at least for the moment, I think I’m officially over Jeb. What did Jesse Jackson say? Stay out the Bushes?

It was smart for someone to try to do some repair work — Ken Mehlman and the governor start out with:

Immigration reform is very tough. It’s an issue that divides both political parties and, on the right, has led many close personal and ideological friends – people we respect and whose criticism we take seriously – to oppose new rules governing how people enter this country and how we handle those who are here illegally. But we hope our friends reconsider.

They didn’t really think it would help. But it beats the pejorative presidential approach.