Reply #85: I'd also add that there's no love lost between those camps.

[sofa king]

Despite their public kiss-and-make-ups, Bush/Cheney probably wouldn't lift a finger to help McCain (and I'm talking about this kind of cloak-and-dagger help--no sane person would want their public support, and neither did McCain, who might or might not be sane), and McCain probably wouldn't lift a finger to protect 'em if he won.

I think the Bush Administration found themselves fresh out of friends starting in about 2006, and they chose Door Number Two instead: screw things up so bad that nobody has the time or resources to prosecute, and destroy as much evidence as possible on the way out.