GOP Lawmakers Wait for Nominee to Emerge

[Ghost in the Machine]

GOP Lawmakers Wait for Nominee to Emerge
Published: 7/28/07, 1:28 PM EDT
By CHARLES BABINGTON


WASHINGTON (AP) - Bush who?
As ardent Democrats count the days until George W. Bush leaves office, many Republicans in Congress eagerly await the time when their 2008 nominee eclipses the president and, they hope, improves their re-election prospects.

In blunt terms, even Bush's most loyal allies say their fate next year may come to this: Will voters largely forget the president and focus on a nominee who can distance himself from the Iraq war, a beleaguered attorney general and other problems that have sapped Bush's popularity.

Perhaps as early as February, a likely nominee will emerge and Republicans will "not have the Bush monkey on our back," said Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla. "We're already in a post-Bush political era."

Feeney is hardly a Bush-basher, having played a key role in the president's 2000 Florida vote recount effort. He also was Jeb Bush's running mate in 1994, when the president's younger brother lost his first race for governor in Florida.

Then there is GOP Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, whose western Maryland district went heavily for Bush in 2000 and 2004. "I think Bush will not be politically relevant once we have a nominee. ... He will be a nonentity," Bartlett said. {emphasis mine}

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[tridim]

1. GOP Rep. Roscoe Bartlett is in massive denial

:rofl:

[Alexander]

2. Not if they nominate Chuck Hagel...

who has been against the Iraq War for quite some time.

Even Edwards and Biden had nice words for him at the YouTube debate.

He is the only threat to us in November, but he is a threat.

[C_U_L8R]

3. They certainly do have that Bush Monkey on their backs

hahahha and they know it

[tridim]

4. And they think people are just going to forget about Bush?

That's a good one. :)

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. it's up to us to keep the bush monkey tied around their necks until Nov 08

make them wear this shame forever.

[tridim]

6. I don't think we'll have to worry about that..

Unless the entire executive resigns.

[TahitiNut]

7. Oh, look! He's emerged!

[depakid]

9. Not sure if you're a Dr. Who fan

But the most recent episode in America (continued to next week, of course) has the Daleks morphing into semi-human form!

[NYC Liberal]

8. Whoever the Dem candidate is needs to make SURE to keep pounding

the Repug candidates support of Bush. Every ad, every speech should ask, "Do YOU want another George W. Bush?"

Don't let them get away from their past!