Split GOP

Today's main article in the Washington Post is about how McCain's campaign is attempting to distance itself from President Bush. The campaign has been attempting to do this, apparently without much result from the way the article was putting it, for a long time since every ad that Obama has placed out has highlighted how close they were in both policy and relationship. Finally in the last debate, McCain's big triumphant line was to say that he wasn't President Bush and if Obama wanted to run against him, he should have done it four years earlier. The article in the Post though, seems to rip on what kind of Republican party that people can see now. It's split between the people who do and don't approve of President Bush. The article highlights that one of McCain's biggest weakenesses is "pulling his campaign out from beneath the shadow of a president whose approval ratings have reached historic lows." This makes the true republicans wonder just how loyal John McCain is to what they all stand for and how different that he will be compared to the current president that they might think is doing a fantastic job. In this respect, the Post article feels as though there is a gap between the Pro-Bush Republicans and the Republicans who might feel a little lost or disconnected from their party because of their problems with Bush. The article does point out that Obama might have the lead just because he is in no way associated with the current President and that things need to change completely.