Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
Linking McCain to Bush will be a hell of alot harder considering these two past historys with each other.
I don't think it will be that hard. There has been no problem linking them so far. McCain and Bush do sort of hate each other, and McCain has differed from Bush on policy in the past, but recently on issues related to the war and the economy, there is no difference between the two.

I was watching an interview the other day with a congressman or senator who was speaking on McCain's behalf. The interviewer asked him if there was any significant policy difference between McCain and Bush on the war. He mentioned that McCain had advocated the "surge" when Bush was against it. The interviewer said something like, "Yes, but Bush did implement the surge, and now Obama says there is no difference between Bush's plans for the war and McCain's. Is the any difference at this point?" Blub, blub. He had nothing to say. It was almost as if he had never considered the question and was totally surprised. Maybe he was just a bad spokesman.

If McCain is going to escape the label, he will actually have to SHOW how he is different from Bush, because so far I think the strategy of linking him to Bush's policies is working pretty well. How would McCain handle the war differently from Bush? How would McCain handle the economy differently from Bush?