March 4, 2008
Posted: March 4th, 2008 08:37 PM ET

CNN's Dana Bash reports that if John McCain surpasses the 1,191-delegate mark this evening - the number required to claim the GOP nomination - President Bush may officially endorse his presidential bid as soon as tomorrow.

A second GOP source familiar with these plans tells CNN McCain will go to the White House for the endorsement.

Filed under: John McCain


Ron S.   March 5th, 2008 1:35 am ET

Thank God King George spoke of leaving office today. After 7 years of imperialist B.S. from him and Cheney I thought perhaps they would use executive authority to declare themselves King and Co-King for Life. What a relief to learn that Their Highnesses will vacate in favor of their heir, Prince McCain.

KR   March 5th, 2008 1:15 am ET

We'd be going to the mumbling mugger from the midget bumbler. McCain has a lot of fraud in his backround involving financial companies. Not what we need right now. McCain has said if the war in iraq has to last 100 more years, so be it. I don't think his therapy must have taken, or even existed if he feels that evil and uncompetent. May god do it right this time. This country will not last with four more years of bullcrappy.

Mary - Independent   March 4th, 2008 11:20 pm ET

Oh how exciting – Bush endorses McCain – more of the same...
this country doesn't need McCain as a leader!

Mike   March 4th, 2008 10:20 pm ET

Sen. McCain may be good in security and defence area, but what American need is an economist surgeon.

trippymoonbeam   March 4th, 2008 10:19 pm ET

NMcCain nails the nomination tonight. Bush is going to endorse McCain tomorrow. I might be missing something here, but does he have any other choices? Who else would he nominate?

Oh wait, this is Bush we're talking about. He COULD endorse Clinton or Obama...

Lucinda, Albquerque, NM   March 4th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

How bout a McCain/Rove ticket?

How bout a McCain/Hillary ticket?

How bout a McCain/Limbaugh ticket?

How bout a McCain/Alan Keyes ticket?

How about a McCain/Hanutty ticket?

Think about it! Any of these choices would be an improvement over Bush/Cheney!

don from Canada   March 4th, 2008 10:06 pm ET

THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ENDORSEMENT FOR THE DEMOCRATS

Jeff   March 4th, 2008 10:03 pm ET

I wonder if folks (or even if McCain) knows how ridiculous he looks giving a speech about anything.

Clinton from WA State   March 4th, 2008 10:00 pm ET

Anybody else get the feeling that McCain is going to be easily defeated by the eventual Democrat Candidate? Honestly, John McCain doesn't have a single motivating bone in his body. Clearly Barrack Obama would destroy him as far as speaches and debates go..... even Hilary Clinton is more motivating than McCain, and she scares me..... I believe Republicans just sealed their fate.... I am an independent voter and i can tell you right now.... Huckabee I would have voted for..... McCain just lost the white house for the Republicans.... Watch the Democrat primary..... because i guarantee the winner of that is our next president.

thomas   March 4th, 2008 10:00 pm ET

If Clinton wins the Democratic primary and Obama doesn't run as an independent I will vote for McCain as a Democrat

New York expat in Santo Domingo   March 4th, 2008 9:48 pm ET

Let them both wrap themselves in the flag and say, "The War is Over" Then say that anyone who doesn't want to spend our way out of a future by staying in Iraq for a hundred years is "not patriotic" Lots of macho testosterone for the Viagra crowd. They deserve each other

Jeff   March 4th, 2008 9:28 pm ET

Wow, it takes guts and conviction to endorse a candidate ... AFTER HE'S LOCKED UP THE NOMINATION.

Bob Stephens   March 4th, 2008 9:24 pm ET

Kinda like getting endorsed by Jack the Ripper.....

nobody   March 4th, 2008 9:24 pm ET

almost all those comments written by one person!

JCIL   March 4th, 2008 9:21 pm ET

NOOOO!! I want McCain to win...Bush's endorsement will hurt him!

Melanie   March 4th, 2008 9:18 pm ET

Yes yes, Bush endorse McCain. Like that you will lose in November!

Anonymous   March 4th, 2008 9:17 pm ET

Ch!ckensh!t Bush couldn't take the chance in endorsing a loser. What a pathetic endorsement, if I were McCain, I'd refuse it.

Mike   March 4th, 2008 9:16 pm ET

W. Bush: Uh, uh... McCain won the nomination, uh, ok then I guess I'll endorse McCain (but I thought he was a wacko liberal?)

john,germantown,MD   March 4th, 2008 9:15 pm ET

hillary,it's OVER!

ropol, Wyo   March 4th, 2008 9:14 pm ET

Doesn't this remind you a little of Putin and his puppet...and the band played on...a Bush-McCain ticket, just what America needs??? 100 more years of Iraq? Four more years of Bushism. Bring it on!

FraninLA   March 4th, 2008 9:12 pm ET

I don't understand why anyone thinks Hillary cannot beat McCain? She has just as much support asObama. They are basically the same person. And to count out a Clinton is just silly. They have a history of coming back and kicking the butt of whomever they are running against. Don't be so sure she can't take on McCain. She's a fighter and fighters do best when their back is against the wall.

Bill   March 4th, 2008 9:11 pm ET

Not being a big fan of McCain this is the best thing that could happen. Bush's negative rating will transfer over to McCain. Notice how Bush never even got a mention in the Republican debates. Bush is a loser and is only President because he stole the election. He is the worst President in history. I hope that bush not only endorses McCain but goes out capaigns for him.

Jim in Oregon   March 4th, 2008 9:10 pm ET

LOL...........So much for McCain.

JO'Q   March 4th, 2008 9:09 pm ET

bush and McCain will make a good team !!!!!! Texas Rock !!!!

Obama or your mama   March 4th, 2008 9:07 pm ET

taking an endorsements from George Bush, the source of the problems and bad conception of america abroad. This is basically political suicide and a cruise to the white house for the democrats

Dave   March 4th, 2008 9:07 pm ET

Why would a person want to be endorsed by a person that most of the country can't wait for him to leave?! Go figure!

New York expat in Santo Domingo   March 4th, 2008 9:07 pm ET

Beautiful. GW endorses the platform of the new GOP leader. This is a platform that will take generations to unwind. It is going nowhere but letting the U.S. become a third-world country where corrupt monied elites control the military, military industrial complex, energy, finance, and media, ruling by fear and missinformation. If they win, that's where we'll continue to go. If the Dems win, they have to clean up the GOP mess. And, it will take more than 8 years to clean up.

psburton   March 4th, 2008 9:05 pm ET

Ah Gary, you are way off track hate radio and the GOP hopes Obama is the nominee

md   March 4th, 2008 9:05 pm ET

You want to know where are all the votes coming from in Texas??? Texas is HUGE!!!!! El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than it is to Dallas.

Kerrie   March 4th, 2008 9:02 pm ET

I agree: the Republicans need to sell to their "base" and remind the rest of the country why we don't need another one of them in the White House (at least for another hundred years). This sounds like an ideal, ready-made Vote Obama commerical to me! Can't wait to see this one...

Michelle in Los Angeles   March 4th, 2008 9:00 pm ET

Now that McCain has the magic number for his party, Hillary needs to accept that she is loosing and back out, so Barack Obama can bring the White House back to the Democratic party.

Debbie   March 4th, 2008 9:00 pm ET

I get a really sick, sinking feeling when I think about what the next few months could bring to this country.
I refuse to vote for John McCain because he made a statement about continuing the war 100 years if necessary, and because he does not seem to have a real plan for economy, health care or anything else except this war and more of it.
I have now lived to see a woman running for President of the United States and an African American also running for President of the United States. I tend to be more conservative than anything else, and I usually do not vote by party, but by the candidate and what they stand for. Therefore, I feel my only choice for casting a vote in the fall will be Barack Obama, and I do not really feel comfortable with that one. I was hoping for Mike Huckabee, because he has been the candidate that seems the most in touch with the people, and the one candidate who has actually managed a government, and has a plan and the ability to enact that plan. I like that he stands against abortion, and gay or civil marriages. I like his morals and standards. He is a good example of what our country needs. None of the others offer that.
I do not believe Mike Huckabee is self serving, where as, all the other candidates seem to exactly that. After the election, they won't know that most of us even exist, where as, Mike Huckabee most likely would. I feel I can TRUST him. I can not say the same for any of the others. Of course, there is always Ralph Nader, NOT! But really, what are we suppose to believe. What is really the best move for the country. And I am not talking about the war. Thank God, my son will be out of Afghanistan before the new President takes office. The whole thing terrifies me. We absolutely must have a President that knows what they are doing and knows what to do. I do not think we have that coming as I look at the results tonight. Maybe God will step in and bring Mike Huckabee that miracle that America needs.

Darth Vadik, CA   March 4th, 2008 9:00 pm ET

the KISS OF DEATH

g   March 4th, 2008 9:00 pm ET

what a joke...bush is going to endorse someone. he should crawl into a hole never to be heard from again for what he has done...anyway he had all kinds of bad things to say about mccain when they were running against each other and now this..like i said what a joke

Gary   March 4th, 2008 8:59 pm ET

Has anyone figured this out yet. The conservative talk show hosts along with republican strategists are urging republicans to vote for Hillary. If she wins the nomination, they can then say "fooled ya". They know John McCain has a better chance of defeating Hillary in a general election. I guess the GOP realizes that "hood-winked" an "bamboozled" is not exclusive to Malcom X.

Chris in Va.   March 4th, 2008 8:59 pm ET

The kiss of DEATH!

JayJay   March 4th, 2008 8:58 pm ET

John McCain is done for if George Bush really endorse him.

Christina   March 4th, 2008 8:58 pm ET

I think he should endorse McCain. It helps the Republican party. We need to unite and come together now, because this is very important election. We need McCain to win and continue on.

simple thought ?   March 4th, 2008 8:57 pm ET

thats one he may turn down?

Herman   March 4th, 2008 8:54 pm ET

Big deal, he just as may endorse Iraq...

Ben, RI   March 4th, 2008 8:53 pm ET

It was about time. Republicans must rally behind McCain, develop a clear platform and launch a general election campaign. I am confident we will keep the White House granted the political feud that is splitting the Dems. Even without that, the Dems are doomed to loose. What do they have to say about the War on terror? Oh yeah 'politics of fear" What a joke. From the healthecare to immigration, to economy, to bi-partisanship, the two leading Democrats fail to provide sound altenatives. No one will deny that McCain has bruises all over his body for having taken positions that could have jeopardized his political career. As for the Dems, all they are good at is political expediencey.

James   March 4th, 2008 8:53 pm ET

The only thing to help McCain now is to denounce and reject Bush's support. Poor guy.

kathleen   March 4th, 2008 8:52 pm ET

Let's sing, Let's Hear it for the Cronies, I mean Boys!

Lots of Americans came out to vote Republican tonight!!!!!

Obama 2008

Reality check #1   March 4th, 2008 8:52 pm ET

That's our Bush, late again.

Elly   March 4th, 2008 8:52 pm ET

Bush is a blessing for McCain .......I DONT think so

Big Bush and mini Bush hehe
Two war mongers together ...what a treasure that is LOL

Sabrina, Las Vegas, NV   March 4th, 2008 8:51 pm ET

*L0L*

Now that's funny!
The only way the dems could lose now, is to give the nomination to Hillary.

margo   March 4th, 2008 8:51 pm ET

WHY CAN PAUL MENTION MC CAINS MIDDLE NAME AND NO ONE CAN MENTION OBAMAS MIDDLE NAME?

psburton   March 4th, 2008 8:51 pm ET

As I predicted CNN will Wait till Senator Obama is giving his concession speech before declaring Hillary the winner and then declare she must still leave the race.

richard   March 4th, 2008 8:51 pm ET

HA I hope Bush endorses McCain because then he has zero chance to beat Obama.

-Bush endorsement = kiss of death.

Elly   March 4th, 2008 8:50 pm ET

Bush is a blessing for McCain .......I DONT think so

Big Bush and mini Bush hehe
Two war mongers together ...what a treasure that is LOL

kathleen   March 4th, 2008 8:50 pm ET

DUH,Don;t want to see either face. Thank You. Bush has
ruined our country so who cares. I would never want
him to endorse me. No story here.

Franky   March 4th, 2008 8:49 pm ET

Alright, my favorite President is going to bust out!!!! And you know what's the beauty??? No one knows how the reaction will be....or the circumstance.

Cindy   March 4th, 2008 8:48 pm ET

oh... I thought he did already... oh yeah, that was his dad.

So this is news? Why on earth would he endorse anyone else?

The suspense is killin me...

rachel   March 4th, 2008 8:47 pm ET

Like people have said if that happens it is probably the end of any hopes Mr Mccain has of winning the election, unless barrack obama supporters cant see their way to stop insulting hillary supports because they may break for mccain or nader

Dave   March 4th, 2008 8:46 pm ET

What's the deal with 700,000 votes cast and only 1% reporting?????

mariann   March 4th, 2008 8:46 pm ET

"Who would you prefer to have answer a White House crisis phone call at 3 a.m.?
Hillary Clinton 25% 99177
Mike Huckabee 6% 23658
John McCain 31% 125214
Barack Obama 38% 152461

Debbie   March 4th, 2008 8:46 pm ET

You know, if I were in John McCain's place and I wanted to win a Presidential election, against a man who's motto is "Change", the last thing I would want is an endorsement from George Bush

Dave   March 4th, 2008 8:46 pm ET

How can CNN be so wrong? They have 1% of precincys reporting and over 700,000 votes for Democrats. Are there 70 Million votes in Texas/???????

OBAMA 08   March 4th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

Ain't he lucky. The only thing that is worse than his own record.

onecandidate   March 4th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

What was he waiting for? This will fufill his Legacy....

Goodbye Republican Party, the Neo-cons are here to stay- and they want cheap labor, and free trade- at any cost- even your unborn children's futures are sold already.

Gerry Mehl   March 4th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

John McCain,
Why don't you tell George to keep his endorsement to himself.

Maha   March 4th, 2008 8:44 pm ET

I'm not surprised. =/

Jenny   March 4th, 2008 8:43 pm ET

LOL...I'm sorry, but is this supposed to help McCain? Both George and Bill need to shut up. Trouble for the person they support always begin when they open their mouth.

psburton   March 4th, 2008 8:43 pm ET

The Kiss of Death for McCain

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