It's not surprising that the photo library of John McCain with George Bush is getting vigorous usage by the Obama campaign (see latest ad below). George Bush now has a favourability rating of just 19%. That's the lowest ever for a US President since George Gallup started doing such polls in the 1930s. Bush was at that level before, but it was when the Iraq situation was far worse than it is now.

Powerful riff from John McCain in respond to Barack Obama's accusation that he's another George W. Bush: "I opposed the president on spending, on climate change, on torture of prisoners, on Guantanamo Bay, on the way the Iraq war was conducted." His message: I am my own man.

President George W Bush has told the Republican Convention that presidential candidate John McCain is an "independent man who thinks for himself".

So John McCain lost and then conceded with real grace and dignity. But for those who think that there was an injustice done in the 2000 race for the Republican nomination and that he should have become President then, it has long been the contention that John McCain was appallingly treated by the George Bush campaign - particularly Karl Rove. Sarah Palin was the wrong VP choice for John McCain And...

The cornerstone of Barack Obama's campaign should have been to tie John McCain to George W. Bush. So far, he hasn't been able to do that. Why? Because Obama has made himself the centre of his White House bid. He could have made it about the voters. Or he could have made it about McCain. Instead, it was about his biography. Now, he's shifting gears. The Sarah Palin pick has sucked al...

The cornerstone of Barack Obama's campaign should have been to tie John McCain to George W. Bush. So far, he hasn't been able to do that. Why? Because Obama has made himself the centre of his White House bid. He could have made it about the voters. Or he could have made it about McCain. Instead, it was about his biography. Now, he's shifting gears. The Sarah Palin pick has sucked al...

Today, at last, signals the beginning of the end for George W Bush. His successor as President of the United States will be chosen in the coming hours, signalling a change of direction regardless of whether the winner is Barack Obama or John McCain. For despite Democrat claims, McCain is no George Bush and would prove to be a more inclusive leader. And it goes without saying that Obama will be no

With the Democrat party in the US trying to paint John McCain as a George Bush clone, parts of the British media are falling over themselves to reinforce that narrative. But in the process are they not simply contradicting their own observations made over the years? Dizzy has an excellent write up today looking at The Independent's coverage of McCain's relationship with Bush, following

John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, upstaged George W. Bush's administration over the Georgia crisis with his strongest statement so far calling on the US and its allies to come together in "universal condemnation of Russian aggression"

Ok, so it was Waterloo, Iowa.  You still get the picture.  John McCain has reached a conclusion, and Sarah Palin agrees with him - George Bush is killing them. Having assisted in the destruction of Iraq, New Orleans and the national economy, George Bush has one last moment as King Midas in Reverse.  He will assist in destroying the chances of the Republican Party to win th...