Stupid Bush stays out of sight on Election Day
Even before one vote was counted, this result was clear: The presidential race was a verdict on George W. Bush. Both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain positioned themselves as agents of change — that is, change from Bush.
The president's approval ratings have hovered near historically low levels — it was just 26 percent in an AP-GfK poll conducted a couple of weeks before Election Day — and he was a factor in voters' decision-making no matter how much he tried to keep out of the race.
Obama seized on Bush's standing to make him a political liability for McCain, who in turn separated himself aggressively from the face of his own party as the campaign closed.
The president's face has been such a fixture in anti-McCain ads that it was up to Laura Bush to add a touch of lightness to her husband's woes.
"I'm really looking forward to Election Day," she said at a Republican campaign event in Kentucky on Monday, "partly because it seems like George has been on the ticket this entire year."
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