George W. Bush? Anyone? Anyone?

8 Moments from the 2008 VP Debate #2

Considering that they both support virtually every decision that George W. Bush ever made, why are Sarah Palin and John McCain running so hard from him? OK, I guess the answer to that question is rather easy. Who would embrace a President with approval ratings in the 20s?

It's interesting that McCain and Palin will criticize Bush for blunders in the execution of his decisions, but they don't seem ready to criticize the decisions themselves. Frankly, it's a given at this point that a conservative run government will botch even the best intentioned plan.

Ultimately, botching things isn't the problem. It's what they set out to do in the first place. The Iraq war wasn't a mistake because of the Bush blunders. Those just made it worse. The mistake was getting us into the war in the first place.

Is McCain different than George W. Bush? Joe Biden doesn't think so.