Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Stupid Bush stays out of sight on Election Day

Stupid Bush stays out of sight on Election Day
 
 Even before one vote was counted, this result was clear: The presidential race was a verdict on George W. Bush. Both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain positioned themselves as agents of change — that is, change from Bush.
The president's approval ratings have hovered near historically low levels — it was just 26 percent in an AP-GfK poll conducted a couple of weeks before Election Day — and he was a factor in voters' decision-making no matter how much he tried to keep out of the race.
Obama seized on Bush's standing to make him a political liability for McCain, who in turn separated himself aggressively from the face of his own party as the campaign closed.
The president's face has been such a fixture in anti-McCain ads that it was up to Laura Bush to add a touch of lightness to her husband's woes.
"I'm really looking forward to Election Day," she said at a Republican campaign event in Kentucky on Monday, "partly because it seems like George has been on the ticket this entire year."

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