SENATOR Jeb Bush! How does that sound? Possible SENATOR Jeb Bush likes the way is sounds – he wants to be Florida next Senator. A Jeb Bush senate run to replace retiring Mel Martinez was broke to you earlier this week by LALATE NEW as highly unlikely.

Now it’s Wednesday, and apparently very likely!

Marc Ambinder reports it probably going to happen:

“Two sources close to Jeb Bush, including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has retired.

“He is receiving a lot of encouragement from both in and out of the state,” an longtime Bush adviser said tonight. “He is going to take his time and approach this very methodically.” Bush will weigh, according to this adviser, how a run would impact his family, his business, and whether the Senate would be the best platform for the causes he’d advocate — education, immigration, GOP solutions to health care and energy.”

No official comment by Jeb.

The former governor reportedly left office with a 60% approval rating.