*IF* McCain wins, does it help W's legacy any?

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

I think it would be a HUGE feather in W's hat.  Clinton and Ike weren't able to keep the Whitehouse in friendly hands after their 2 successful terms.  3 back to back terms for a party is very rare.  Only Reagan was been able to do that since term limits were placed on the presidency.

[© tweed]

not much if at all.  Bush has had nothing to do with the McCain campaign and McCain has even taken active steps to distance himself from the Bush 'legacy.'  (I know the same can be argued about how Gore ran his campaign in 2000, but it's apples & oranges)

[Workers' Friend]

No, McCain and Bush are not, nor will ever be, allies, never again if they ever were.

[J. J.]

No, this was a greatest repudiation of a sitting president by his own party since 1896.

[Zarn]

The Republicans nominating McCain is a slap in the face to Bush, regardless of outcome.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     A little, in that it shows that Bush wasn't able to completely sink McCain.

[BM]

Isn't that more of a sign of McCain's strength as a candidate?  Which we know isn't the case.


Bush is leaving office with some of the lowest approval ratings EVER.  On par with Nixon during Watergate and up to his resignation.




Nothing will help his legacy.

[??????????]

Yep and sadly Nixon was a good president.

[TheGlobalizer]

Yep and sadly Nixon was a good president.

[Јas]

I think the answer has to be yes, possibly very substantially so.

The two biggest issues over the whole course of this election campaign have been Iraq and the economy, and on these matters there's not any sizable difference between the general approach McCain and Bush. Should the American people endorse McCain, it's an implicit approval of Bush.

What's more important than the election result though is how Iraq turns out in the medium-long term and how quickly the economy recovers from its current state.

[Zarn]

I think the answer has to be yes, possibly very substantially so.

The two biggest issues over the whole course of this election campaign have been Iraq and the economy, and on these matters there's not any sizable difference between the general approach McCain and Bush. Should the American people endorse McCain, it's an implicit approval of Bush.

What's more important than the election result though is how Iraq turns out in the medium-long term and how quickly the economy recovers from its current state.

McCain and Bush disagree on Iraq and to an extent the economy.