Ben Feller of the Associated Press offered up a bit of commentary in the lede to his story about George Bush’s role at the Republican convention:
The Democrats had the awkwardness of the Clintons at their convention. Republicans now have their version of a precarious guest: President Bush.
I didn’t see any awkwardness with the Clintons at the Democratic convention. The cheering for President Clinton was enthusiastic and heartfelt. The sense I got was that the Obama enthusiasts were cheering, “Hooray! We get to like you again!”
Now, let’s see if President Bush gets the same warm welcome from his people. And, frankly, he should get a warm welcome. After all, it was their policies he implemented. It’s not like he thought them up. Those policies just didn’t work. And that’s why we shouldn’t elect John McCain to continue their implementation.
I thought president Clinton gave a hell of a speech in support of Obama.I don’t believe a word of the praise they say they feel for senator Obama but it was a good speech.The Clintons did what they had to do as party loyalists.I still think there’s bad blood there though.
Doesn’t look like Bush or Cheney will appear at the republican convention if I were McCain I’d consider that a plus!
The GOP is going to maximize the benefits they can glean from Gustav. They don’t have to have Bush and Cheney show up. McCain and his soulmate the beauty queen in waiting are off to the Gulf to get her some face time. Then he will be stuck there in the devastation and give his address from there.
I think the Clinton stuff was normal sour grapes that was blown up 1000x by the media. From what I saw, the Clinton’s got over their loss and really disappointed the media.