Bush family members hit the campaign trail

[seafan]

Bush family members hit the campaign trail

By DAVE MONTGOMERY
McClatchy Newspapers

October 30, 2006

WASHINGTON — As President Bush scrambles to fend off a Democratic takeover of Congress, he's getting reinforcements from those closest to him - his family.
His wife, father, mother, at least two of his siblings and a nephew have all become surrogate campaigners in the runup to the Nov. 7 midterm elections to help preserve a Republican congressional majority for the remaining two years of Bush's term.

"They're getting to seem more like the Kennedys," said Stephen Hess, a professor of media and public affairs at The George Washington University, recalling the election-time activism of another famous political clan. "There is no question that, on any particular day, they're all out campaigning for somebody."


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With a week before voters go to the polls, the election looms as a referendum on Bush's presidency, the war in Iraq and the GOP-led Congress. Growing disenchantment over the war and other policies could cost Republicans their majority in the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate.
Preventing that outcome has become a family affair for the Bush clan. Other than the president, the most visible family member on the campaign trail is first lady Laura Bush, who's shed any remaining vestiges of her reluctance about campaigning to plunge headlong into the 2006 political season.

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The president's wife of 28 years offers an asset that her husband no longer has - a reservoir of good will with the public.
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Similarly, Bush's parents, former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush, have repeatedly ventured out of their hometown of Houston to help their party's cause. The president's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, is also working on behalf on GOP candidates.
Others have offered more limited assistance. George P. Bush, the son of Jeb Bush and the president's nephew, has appeared on behalf of several Hispanic Republicans,...
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Bush's sister, Doro Bush Koch, who lives in Bethesda, Md., says she has done "a little bit" of work ...

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Although the elder Bush was defeated for re-election, he remains a "venerated figure" among a substantial segment of the electorate, said Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. Barbara Bush, he said, is "still a superstar."
The white-haired former first lady frequently displays her trademark flair for straight talk or self-deprecating humor. At a Dallas appearance for Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who's being challenged by Democrat Barbara Ann Radnofsky, Bush said she was surprised to find that Radnofsky's "most stinging criticism was that she called Kay an aging prom queen."
"That sounds pretty good to me," said the former first lady. "I'd love to be a prom queen, aging or fat or whatever."

[Erika]

1. Why isn't George P in Iraq?

That would be positive to W's and the GOP agenda.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Doro Bush Koch

is that legal???

[Fridays Child]

3. I've seen her in an interview. Doro must be short for Doorknob.

[NanceGreggs]

4. Ah, yes, one less keyboard now ...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[C_U_L8R]

5. i'm buying Friday

:beer: :beer: :beer:

[Fridays Child]

6. Cheers!

And thank you. :toast: :)

[SharonAnn]

7. Tell 'em to take a rest. It won't help and could actually hurt the GOP.