[Huck]

Bush I definitely was ready for prime-time after being Reagan's VP and quite possibly would have gone on to being a great president had he not been snookered into raising taxes.

I was just last night watching Bush 1 vs Clinton in the first debate, when Bush looked at his watch, then gave an amazingly horrible answer to a simple question by some idiot voter, who clearly wanted the candidates to show they had empathy with economically challenged voters. It was pathetic. Then Slickster comes in and nails it. GHWB was never ready for prime time.

[Vigilanteman]

The Bushes have never been great campaigners. That applies to father as well as to son. Their competence at governing has, however, been far better with notable exceptions, namely, Bush I's caving to tax increases and Bush II's putting Mexico's interests ahead of America's.

We were very fortunate that the Democrats nominated the world's most successful gigolo in 2004. Had they nominated almost anyone else, with the possible exception of Howard Dean, they'd own the whitehouse now.