CNN

MD it's don't you. don't you have any ORIGINAL Ideas ok try this one MICKEY McCain MCbush beacuse mickey mouse can beat Mccain !(YES OBAMA CAN) !!!!!!!!!

Senator McCain, I hate to break it to you that everyone in the UK I met last year were so excited about Obama. You didn't get much love there.

CNN!

The country who's Parliament you talk about Is 'The United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)'. While a certain amount of devolution has taken place for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, The House of Commons does not preside over England alone. Therefore McCain doesn't 'look to England' as you say, but to Britain or the UK. The House of Commons is British, not just English! It would be akin to saying that One would be looking to the District of Columbia, with implication that Government in Washington represents only DC.

Do you have any ORIGINAL ideas, Mc Bush?

McCain has reevented himself at least 4 times. Looking to England to distance himself from Bush. Oh, please. He is flip flopping all over the place.

Marilyn
La.

McCain has started flip-flopping lately.
I am thankful that there is still one conservative limited Government Republican still running against him and I have the chance to vote for him on May 27th in Idaho.

Ron Paul '08

McCain should move to England. Thene he can become a member of Parliament and yell and scream all he wants. He'd fit right in

OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA GO MAN!!!

McCain is McBush they are joined at the hip. the only thing the right wing has are lies that it all they do is lie . the live and die by the lie thats all they have is the lie. (yes Obama can)!!!!!!!

Don't come here, McCain. We don't want you.

Obama '08

DAVE, Great post .I am surprised it got posted.But im sure it flew over most of the people on here that are so caught up in their own hyperbole.

You can't distance yourself from Bush McSame, you two have been carbon copies for the past seven years.

You can talk all you want, but your actions, decisions and policies speak louder than your words do now.

Agent of McSame

Dave... You give too much Credit, to Britain these Day's... Now with Brown in Trouble.. They're sinking Fast.. Isolated from Europe..

He needs to look at Mars to further distance himself from Bush.

Don't come back, jerk!

Actually, I might actually watch those debates. They'd be a heck of a lot more entertaining than the clap-fest that the State of the Union has become in the last decade. It'd be fun to see the president respond to questions he doesn't know are coming. He could walk in, thinking he'd be talking about a new environmental proposal, and the first question could be about social securityy, etc. It will only serve to prove that McCain isnt senile at all, and still as sharp as ever when he can respond quickly (or vice versa)

Ooh, what a suprise to read the typical hateful and childish responses to this story that the Obamites are posting, as they always do. Hey kiddies, maybe when mommy and daddy are no longer paying the bills, you will move out into the real world and learn some respect. McCains may be old, but he can out-think and probably out-work your sorry, spoiled, college butts off. He surely has more wisdom than the all-air Obama does. Obama is Jimmy Carter number 2 – a younger, more articulate socialist!

Bush and McCain are two peas in a pod. They both should've thought extra hard before sending all of our innocent soldiers into a unnecessary war in Iraq. A war that could've been avoided used other means.

Please McCain has only refined and idea that Obama presented months ago. Obama said he wanted to stop secrecy by having open forums on C-Span!!! McCain has on stolen an idea that has already been presented by someone that is ready to move this Country in a diffrent direction.
I hope you folks will not be tricked again by the GOP!!!

I'm not American but i'm really interested to this election.08 if you (Americans) are going to elect MacCain you're really idiots.MacCain's Bush.You've to learn from bush's experince.Look!bush created enemies against USA.Bush's terorist himself,he's not fighting against terorism.Mac's bush.you americans beware,open your eyes.I think change's with OBAMA.

For the past seven years you couldn't tell him apart from Bush. He's going to continue the same Iraq strategy, the same lack of foreign diplomacy and the same economic strategies – but he's claiming change?

I think he's been dipping into his wife pills if he wants us to believe that fantasy.

This man is a threat to the country. I appreciate that he has given his full measure, but that doesn't entitle him to the seat of power for the free world. His language is disturbing to say the least. If he wants to continue with Bush-like policies how can he distance himself from those policies. While I admire the man, his politics leave something to be desired.

As a despondent conservative democrat I've been reading up on McCain.

What I've read so far has warmed my heart!

He truly is a Great American Hero who has dedicated his life to serving his country and he has the track record of reaching across the isle enough times that he is bi-partisan.

When I told my Republican Friends I was considering voting for McCain, they said back

"That figures-We've always considered him more of a Democrat then a Republican"

He is not a "Bush". I agree with fellow bloggers who have seen the way Obama and Bush are more alike then Bush and McCain.

Hold on, Debby. This is not just about your comment but seems to be a commonly accepted fallacy: When did being a decorated war hero become equated with having experience and knowledge about foreign policy? As a soldier/pilot/sailor, you're told where to go and what to shoot at....hardly any sort experience that would qualify for any special advantage in foreign policy. I'm not trying to demean McCain's record of service in any way...heck, I appreciate the sacrifice. However, by the same logic you use, my dad with the WWII service, bronze star and purple heart could have qualified for the Presidency.

Why McCain can’t shake Bush is because the Republicans and the Administration have raped and abused the American people all for the rich of Wall Street. As the Americans have became better educated to the corruption in Washington, the more we don’t like it and believe me it will take years for the Republicans to heal from the wounds they have inflicted upon “we Americans”. Republican McCain can never shake Bush because he is tied to the intolerable misery Bush has imposed upon us; even the Republican base is saying this!
If the Democrats don’t screw it up, they will have a walk-in-the-park on the way to the Oval Office!

I think to permanently distance himself from Bush, McCain should MOVE to England... PERMANENTLY.

Get off the flagpin B.S. tony. Just because the Klan don't wear their sheets daily doesn't mean they're not Klansmen.

Attention Karl Rove and Rush Limpbaugh! Where is the professed patriotic outrage that McBush is not wearing an American flag? Where are "ragers of hate" when we need them? You boys must be slipping!

Originally, I was among the Barack supporters that stated I would vote for McCain if Hillary won the nomination. I thought that he came across as genuine and would not repeat the mistakes of Bush. However, I have been listening to him more and more orver the past few weeks and realize how wrong I would have been! I may not have preferred Hillary but she would have definitely earned my support before McCain.

I pray that the pro-Hillary supporters will take an objective stance and really listen to the policies of Barack and McCain before casting a vote out of error or spite. Every vote counts and we can allow ourselves as a country to regress by putting McCain in office.

Speaking of McCain, as an American Black (hard working too ), why would I vote for someone who did not want MLK holiday? Because, now he apologizes? I think NOT.

Have you heard that electing Sen. Obama would be a third Bush term? Hey, it makes about as much sense as when it is pinned on John McCain. Oh yeah, and Obama is a warmonger. And senile. Allegedly.

Democrats, Independents & Republicans for McCain '08

McBush can run but he can't hide from his close ties with Bush. Both are warmongers and McBush and the GOP will pay dearly for what has been done to our country over the last almost eight years, including the loss of American lives, making the world more unsafe from terrorists, running up the greatest debt in our history and destroying and stepping on human and civil rights. Bush has the lowest rating of any American President and McBush is tied to him at the hip.

The problem with McCain is , no one knows who he will be tomorrow. He has reinvented himself at least four times over the last year. He is so desperate to win that he will say & do anything. McCain was once a pretty decent man but now, he can't be trusted. I'm convinced and the debates will prove that Senator McCain will not remember all the policy and position changes he has made recently.

George Dubya Bush and Tales from the McCrip are joined at the hip.

Obama 08

It'd be nice if people actually read the article and then in their comment posted something relevant to that article instead of the usual cheerleaders rooting for their team and taunting the other side. McCain has some great and groundbreaking ideas here and I'd love to see them implemented. Imagine how different the executive office would be if it were regularly voluntarily open. Let's open up a commentary on the substance of the article huh?

John McCain will turn out to be more of an interesting guy then Obama – wait and see.

I don't see John McCain as Bush at all. John McCain will have a different advisors and a new cabinet. The Bush era will be over when John McCain is President. As a decorated war hero he will have the knowledge about foreign policy Bush never did. I am positive the conservatives will rally around him, and plus he will have the moderate Dems. and Independents voting for him, plus he might just bring in the older vote that Clinton is getting. McCain is in a great position to take the Presidency away from the Dems. because Obama is all words right now with no experience, especially in foreign policy.

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SAID THAT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT A PERSON THEN KEEP YOUR MOUTH CLOSED. OUR ARE CLOSED TO THE POINT WERE THE ONLY THING WE CAN SAY IS THAT HE IS BLESSED. THE SCRIPTURE PROMISED 3 SCORES AND 10. HE IS NOW 72 WALKING AND BREATHING. IN WHAT DIRECTION IS SOLELY DETERMINED BY HOW STARIGHT IS HIS STRAIGHT HIS "STRAIGHT TALKING EXPRESS" IS TRAVELING. NOW TALKING AND THINKING IS OPEN FOR REAL OBJECTIVE DISCUSSION.

McCain and the Republicans know that their days are numbered! So you guys better enjoy it while you can. Because there's a new sheriff in town, and his name is Obama!

YES WE CAN, AND WILL!

McCain you can run but you cant hide. You and George are two peas in a pod. You've agreed with everything Bush did and said for the last 8 years why the sudden change. NOT what I'm looking for in my President.

No Flag Pin!!! Hmmm ..... no patriot here

The speed with which McCain ran to Bush's side on that hair-brained appeasement comment last week shows exactly what kind of campaign he will run and what kind of Presidency we can expect from him. He is not the McCain of 2000 (whom I liked). That McCain is dead and buried. He has become a cynical, pandering tool of the right. America has seen enough of that kind of politics and policy.

The Dems need to unify the party and take a look at what the real enemy looks like.

I was a Democrat all my life, but after my party disenfranchised me and threw Hillary under the bus, I am now an Independent for McCain.

NObama or his ugly big mouth hateful wife (Michelle can dress like Jackie all she likes down to the pearls and wear her hair in a Jackie do, but she isn't fit to lick Jackie's boots)! NEVER! Ain't gonna happen!

Great grandpa suddenly wants to distant himself from his pal in crimes after participating in the deeds against this country. No way granny, you can`t fool us. You should have said "no" to Georgie before you decided to run for the position of the president. And why are you firing you lobbyist clan? Now? IT SOMETIMES TAKES A THIEF TO CATCH A THIEF.

EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO MCBUSH. IT IS ALRIGHT WHEN TRYING TO COURT THE ULTRA- CONSERVATIVES
BUSH SUPPORTERS. BUT WHEN COURTING THE REST OF THE VOTERS HE TRIES TO PUT DISTANCE. IT LIKE WE SAY HERE IN THE SOUTH - "HE AS CLOSE TO BUSH AS THE WHITE ON RICE".

John McCain can not separate himself from Bush because he is continuing the same old non working policies. Also, John McCain is trying so hard to please the Republican Party that he does not know what to do. He states one thing, and then if someone in the Republican Party say something different, here comes John McCain agreeing with them.

John McCain is the flip-flop King.

Operation Chaos is still in effect.

Do not get played for a fool by the republicans.

Most of the democratic 'infighting' consists of republican plants posing as democrats.

A vote for McCain is a vote for 4 more years of Bush, or worse.

Don't let yourself get used and deceived.

Vote Democrat '08

He can try and distance himself all he wants, but he is still the same. he want to over turn Roe v wade via supreme court judges, he doesn't want universal healthcare, he admits that he doesn't understand the economy and want to continue tax cuts for the wealthiest people in our country, he would let the war go on and on because he lacks the judgement to see that it was a bad war to enter. he is not concerned with affordable education for our youth and our poor. Becoming president for him is just to get his name in the History books before he keels over.

I can't wait to see McCain and Obama in a debate.

There will be no one there to write Obama's answers.

When Obama and Clinton had debates, Hillary buried him, that's why
he would not accept any more debates with her. He looked like a fool.

Hillary 08

If keeping taxes low is a way to stimuate the economy, it doesn't seem to be working. And about the only economy you're going to stimulate when you receive your stimulus check is Chinas. Sadly, this country doesn't make much of its own anymore.

How is Obama misrepresenting McCain? Ever since McCain got the GOP nomination he has been steadily moving closer and closer to Bush on many important issues. I suppose he had to do this to placate the conservative base, but he'll lose a lot of moderates and liberals in the bargain.

McCain wants to continue the war in Iraq indefinitely and wants to preserve the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. I'm sorry, but anybody who takes those two positions deserves to be lumped in with Bush.

If you jump on a sinking ship, don't complain about your feet getting wet.

He can pretend to distance himself but that is not the case – Bush and McCain are one and the same for the American people so if you want to vote for Bush’s third term then vote for McCain.
Plus think about it HE IS TOO OLD TO LEAD THE COUNTRY (no disrespect to grandpas)

It's hillarious that, despite the fact that Obama has wrapped himself in the slogan of "Change", that it is McCain that has made the first substantive suggestion that would actually change the way things are done in Washington.

I've been waiting for months to hear HOW Obama is going to change the way things are done in Washington, before I will consider voting for him and all of a sudden it's the Republican that comes up with the idea.

It's a shame I can't agree with McCains policies, or he'd have my vote.

If Obama steals this idea of Presidential accountability before Congress (as he has stolen most of his "ideas" from the other candidates), I might just consider voting for him.

The only thing Mcain can do for our beloved country is CHANGE HIS PRIMITIVE MIND about running for president

Looking for Peace, on the 'Yorkshire Moor's....

One of the reasons Obama is proving to be so popular abroad is his apparent understanding that the world doesn't stop at America's coastline, and perhaps more importantly, that America's reputation abroad, and America's understanding of the wider world are in need of urgent repair.

It seems his job is harder than one might have initially thought, as not only does he have to contend with the 'redneck viewpoint', he also has to contend with supposedly well informed and educated news organisations such as CNN. Your headline is wrong. England does not have a parliament, the United Kingdom does, Great Britain does, but England doesn't. Please correct your headline as your oldest friend across the pond gets rather irritated at such ignorance..........as an aside, if Mr Bush expresses such outrage on behalf of the American people of Hitler's march across Europe in 1939, perhaps he could tell us why America didn't get involved until 1941 etc., etc., etc.

Hmmm, a neo-con to the neo-cons, a paleo-con to the paleo-cons and libertarians, a liberal to the Democrats, a green to the Greens...

All this face-changing could make a man very dizzy.

McCain can distance himself from George Bush by saying: " I was in elementary school during WW II, and George Bush was not even born when I satrted school. "

McCain is much too old and too much the same as George W. Bush.

What's he doing in the UK? receiving his marching orders from the RIIA? Does everyone know that the RIIA (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) in Britain gives marching orders for foreign policy to the CFR here? So in a way, they have control over the colonies again. The CFR was, indeed, a British Round Table creation. This is one of the most important hidden secrets of the NYC-based CFR.

The story of the British connection to the Council on Foreign Relations may be traced back to George Peabody, J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Nicholas M. Butler and Col. Edward House - all who may be described a British loyalists. A Secret Society was established by Cecil Rhodes in connection with Rothschild, Morgan, Carnegie, and Rockefeller. A small highly secret group called the Round Table directed operations. And so it continues to this very day, folks.

CNN is becoming as liberal and left wing as MSNBC all you have to do is look at the people leaving the "empty" "one sided" "Howard Dean" like opinions. Good luck!

When you have Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingram saying they will not vote for you because you are not in the same page as them. He is obviously not the third term of Bush as the media and the democratic leadership want to paint. McCain has the experience, knowledge and Love for America that I will vote for and trust.

Actually Dan only a fool does not know that when you count all 50 states plus the 7 territories you come up with 57 parts of ythe US but since Mr. obama has had a hard enough time with illiterates and idiots he decided he would not try to explain it to them but just accept the fact they will not understand, will not vote for him anyway and so took their foolishness upon himself now THAT is a GENTLEMAN!

Now to the subject at hand while I would have supported Mr. McCain over Mr. Kerry (i am an independant) back in 2000, and might even ahve supoorted him if he had decided to run against bush in 2004, and while I do like the fact that he is willing to compromise and talk with Democrats, his actions LATELY have made me think he is more like bush than I can stomach. He has left the part of him I admired behind, in his need to solidify his base he has turned against his own self and started espousing the beliefs of the radical right (for God than Country to hell with the rest!). For this I cannot forgive him, I used to believe he was a man of honor but now I worry he is a man of power. I forgave him after the Keating 5 incident and thought he ahd learned that power and money do not suffice but it appears I am wrong. His distortions of Mr. Obama's willinginess to talk with our enemies and his "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran song have really turned me off of him. Too bad I was hopeing that for once it would not bother me too much no matter who won the Presidency this year Mr. Obama or Mr. mcCain but lately will I have to say I would only feel comfortable with one of those two men and Mr. McCain your loss of yourself makes you not it.

Everett Edwards:

Thanks, I needed a good laugh. Been a stressful day so far. Thanks man!

Ron Paul was pretty much the only Republican contestant not running as King George III von Bush!

PAUL-HAGEL '08!

Siamese twins aren't as close as Bush and McCain.

if he wanted to distance himself from bush, he wouldnt have voted with him on so many of bush's FAILED policies over the years!!!

and you mccainies talk about obama getting treated with kid gloves, your guy is the biggest flip-flopper in history and that seems to be okay with you.

now that he needs republican support he's against talking with enemies, 2 years ago he said talking to hamas was a good idea. he was 100% AGAINST bush's tax cuts to the rich, and now mcflipittyflop loves them and vows to keep them as they are (and we all know how well that's going for us average americans who make less than 100 mill a year).

mccain is a FAKE!

Give it up McBush. You are as transparent as cellophane.

Tony Harris I was very disappointed today at 11:00AM to hear your biased and somewhat angry reporting of the McCain speech. Why did you focus your response to McCain's speech as a slam being directed to Obama? I specifically saw and heard Senator McCain say "Obama & Clinton", the democratic party. You are leaning. As exampled by the blogs on this site Mr. Harris, you can see your attitude spilling over to others who watched your performance and I suspect some on these bloggers did not even listen to the speech. When emotional reaction supercedes deliberate consideration of ideas, what does that say about us as Americans

We depend on CNN for unbiased reporting not race baiting. I hope Mr. Harris will review his performance today and make improvements in his factual reporting techniques. Americans deserve at least that!

I love all the Mc*enter insult* names, very adorable. And you say Obama can debate strongly, but you fail to realize that McCain will destroy him. You can't argue against the economics and policy that has built this nation into a superpower in every way, shape, and form. Lets watch this Obama character take on the embodiment of all American culture.

(N)oBama '08, vote for McCain.

I used to like McCain because he was a maverick. But he has since changed stances and is now in bed with the Bush policies that have been extreme failures. They will try to paint rosy pictures over the top of these policies to make them look good, but the fact is America is in far worse shape than before Bush took office and McCain now supports those very policies that put us in this position.

It would be a lot easier to see him as the "maverick" if he didn't simply echo all of bushs policies. Kind of hard to make a distinction between the two when there isn't one.

All of the lobbyists in his campaign are also an issue. Who is he going to represent, them or us? My guess is them. Same old business as usual, only worse.

it's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's that Super Guy, John McCain...

He'll probably need to go further than England to get away from George Bush. Just kidding. He'd do better to throw Bush/Cheney/Rove's book out the window, under the bus, so on & so forth and make a completely fresh start. Of course all those lobbyist, that he says he doesn't support, running his campaign doesn't really help him much either.

i don't think independents favor mccain.the open primaries and caucuses were baracks' strongpoint.this tells you his strength is independent and crossover repubs as well as a majority of dems. imdependents are just as fed up with the republican party as anyone,so quit saying mccain will have strong independent support,because i think obama carries that vote.

MCBIGOT IS LOOKING FOR HELP EVERYWHERE.

ISRAEL, ENGLAND, BAGHDAD,SAUDI ARABIA & THE POPE.

I KNOW HE IS NOT A WELL EDUCATED MAN, BUT ONE

WOULD THINK HE KNOWS THOSE COUNTRIES & THE

POPE CAN'T VOTE FOR HIM.

It doesn't matter whether or not that McCain seeks to distances himself from Bush. McCain is Bush's puppette on the strings. At this point, anything Bush says, McCains repeats. GOP is faltering with McCain's senior moments. Now that the fight is on with Obama in the ring, McCain feels uneasy. McCain thought the Obama wouldn't make it this far. And now that Obama has shoot out of the cannon, McCain seems to be rattled from his comfort zone.

Keep the boxing gloves on Obama. The fight is on. Old man McCain can't seem to keep up with you.

Weather vane McCain would be telling everyone how smart George Bush is and how well the country is doing, if Bush's approval rating was higher than 27% . McSame will tell you anything he thinks you want to hear.

For all of the female Clinton supporters that say they will vote for McCain, my bet is there are enough female Republicans that will vote for Obama to outnumber them. It is unbelieveable that they think that threatening, or actually voting for McCain is actually going to help Hillary in 2012. What Hillary and her supporters are presently doing with the sexism charges will make it even more unlikely that Democrats would even consider voting for her the next time. They won't want the drama! She and you are intentionally trying to blackmail the SuperDelegates into giving the nomination to her, when in fact she has lost it. Hillary's favorability rating in dropping everyday in the national polls, and she already had the highest unfavorable rating of any Presidential candidate. I suppose that all of us women that want Roe vs. Wade to be upheld are traitors to our gender also. Unbelievable!

Dont vote for Dog food brand *The McBush Chow brand*

its suppose to be taken off the shelf!!!!!

****Dems 08****

WE WILL FORK MCBIGOT OVER TO THE ENGLISH FOR A $1.00

I DON'T THINK THEY WILL TAKE HIM. DID THE OLD FOOL

FORGET WHERE HE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?

Attention Dems.
Don't get so happy on yourselves because your candidate's policies are right for America. That is not why Obama WILL win in 08. He will win because no one in their right mind would vote for McLieberCain. Obama isn't anti-war, he just hasn't committed troops to die in Iran yet like Killery and McBush. That is why this Conservative is voting for Obama.
Peace.

Sorry, I am not buying what he is selling.

He is supporting Bush on exactly those issues that got the US in trouble in the first place. Enough is enough.

Since the wives are going to be fair game as the Repubs. are going after Michelle Obama, I can't wait until they go after Cindy McCain. Now this will be fun. I really don't think that McCain wants to go there.

For sure McCain is not Bush because he already learn some mistake from Bush. So he going to do same thing as Clinton and Al Gore in 2000.

Why isn't CNN reporting that Bush and McCain are going to campaign and fundraise across America?
We won't get fooled again.

OH THE HATE MONGER THINKS THE ENGLISH ARE STUPID?

NOT A CHANCE. THEY PROBABLY LAUGH THEIR TAIL OFF

WHEN MCWINIE SHOWS UP.

President McCain

He's running for King of England. The oldest King, that is.

the comments I have read above are off the hook. Look, McCain is not to old, and does have some positions that differ from Bush. Obama, is no a "dictator", his postions are far from it. He is also as "qualified" as anyone else.

Come on people, is it at least possible to make an intelligent, or at least humorous comment.

Yes, yes...Good dog John. Run for president of England.

CNN:

Hope you print this, since you usually "close" the article once I try to post.

Anyway, speaking of Bush: has anyone done a expose on what happened to the millions of dollars and gold that was discovered after the invasion of Iraq? I've NEVER heard where it went! I thought it was supposed to go back to the people of Iraq, but we're sending billions in tax-payer money to them. CNN, why don't you find out since Bush/MCcain are saber-rattling when it comes to Iran. What is valuable there that they want?

WE WILL GLADLY LENT MCSHIFTY TO THE ENGLISH

FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS OR SO. Hahahaha.

I am convience that Senator McBush, is in need letter of retirement. Bush twiin McSain can not think for himself He is a paid head and not more.... Good luck in running your Senior Center McSain...

England isn't far enough for Mini Me. He will have to go a little further, like the moon. Bush is all over his campaign, and I think he knows it. They are tied at the hip and it's unfortunate because Bush will be declared the worst president in modern history. If the worst president in modern history picks someone, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to dismiss that candidate.

Obama or even Hillary 08

All of the Hillary supporters say they will vote for McCain if Barack is the nominee. All the people that support Barck feel the same as you feel to tell you the truth but someone must be that nominee and we must vote for that person if you are a true Democrat.
Super delegates I do not want you to get fool the the people that are saying that they will not vote for Barack or Hillary if their choice for nominee is not up. These guys want to scare the party with such statement and that should not intimidate you super delegates.

McCain can take a rocketship to the planet Neptune and he would still be "close to " Bush!

He isn't fooling anyone.

Coming into the primaries GOP and the Media was bashing McCain because he was too far to the middle – acting more like a Democrat than a Republican.

But now everyone is talking about "McBush" and "Bush's 3rd term".

It's the perfect example of "perception is reality". If Obama and the media call McCain Bush-like enough times in sound bites then maybe it will be true.

Obama is the typical politician. He whines and plays the victim when someone misrepresents him but he's misrepresenting McCain right now to give him a shot at the White House.

Anything to win make Obama just like every other politician.

I actually like McCain more than most Republicans, he would be FAR better than Bush in more ways than I can count.

That being said, he's going to have to go farther than England to distance himself from Bush and the trainwreck that is the GOP.

Has Virgin Galactic starting flying people to the moon yet?

He's going to have to go further than that for distance... like to the moon

Too late – they are already joined at the hip.

The democrats trying to paint McCain as Bush 3 is very weak. In fact if you listen carefully Obama is more like Bush than McCain is. No experience, can't say nothing on his own with out putting his foot in his mouth, needs his advisers 24/7. How tired can you be to tthink that you've been to 57 states. Obama is just another idiot like Bush. McCain has always been known to be a maverick and is more to the center than Bush or Obama and will be a better president.

from a purely political standpoint, this will be quite a tightrope to walk and it will be interesting to see how McCain handles it. Bush puts McCain in quite a bind when he enters into the fray of the election, like he did last week, and should just stay out of it. The more McCain looks like Bush, the more the GOP base will like him. The more he distances himself from Bush, the more the rest of the country will like him. He is in a tough spot.

America will not be fool.

Not this year, not this time.

Mcsame is the same.

You go John. McCain/Lieberman/Keating 08!

The Clear Thinking Independent
This is the greatest Idea ever!!!!
I would love to get this movement going

He shouldn't look too far. He doesn't have the vision nor good sense anyway.

Why has McCain been given a free and easy ride by CNN and other media outlets?? He has a closet loaded with skeletons that no one is talking about. For years he's been flip flopping on issues. This man is not speaking the truth.

His skill at creative flip-flopping and outright lying about his previous statements and stances is dazzling.....check out the YouTube collection of his "gems" making the rounds now.

wasn't there just something in the news about bush campaigning for mccain so he can help him raise money to win in november, and also didn't they appear in a picture looking like they can fool someone with this Nonsense

Some of that old good o boy flip flop

Nice try McBush but it will not work.......

Except for Bush's IQ and your military service I can not tell the two of you apart.

OBAMA '08!

I had to read deeply into the story to see whether the headline referred to the country of England or the pointing girl in the Abu Ghraib photos, Lyndie (sp?) England. I was hoping to hear that McCain would prosecute everyone in the chain of command involved in Abu Ghraib, and not just blame the whole thing on the bottom-level grunts.

Obama is a better choice than McCain. McCain will keep us on the same ol' wrong track Bush has led us down while Obama will lead us to the path to improvement.

Sir, just do what you do best being a seneter. let Obama do what he can do best being a President.

McCain = Billions of dollars in Iraq, not in OUR schools, roads and bridges.

Vote AMERICAN, not IRAQI.

Vote Obama

McCain will take Romney on as VP.. who will wait in the wings licking his chops at the opportunity to take over as McCain's health and mind fails.. this is all a shell game scenario. Romney knew he couldn't win because of his religion, and billionaire status so he withdrew to "look" like a McCain supporter.. but really has BIG designs on the Vice Presidency and then Presidency.. watch and see if I am correct .
Let's see how well Romney connects with red neck America.. Romney is out of touch and dangerous.

The issue I want to hear about is his so-called "League of Democracies". Just another way for Republicans to try to divide the world. Will be as successful as the "Coalition of the Willing".

Wolf `s site was closed for comment yesterday so i`m going to post here.Senator Barack Obama was defending his wife Michelle Obama on national TV for the whole country to see.
John McCain called his wife a TROLLUP and a _UNT in front of an audiance and reporters.What does it say about the canditates relationships and their MARRIAGES.

Hmmmm - didn't know the English could vote in our elections. Didn't we divorce them some 230 years ago?

He can run, but he can't hide....

John McCain is proof that a third party is long overdue.He was promised he would be a shoein this election by the Neocons if he would just sit back and be quiet a few years.Well he didnt realize what damage the pillagers would inflict on the party.The true Republican party was hijacked by the credit card republicans years ago.I feel bad for the guy,he had some good ideas at one time.Im an independent and like many conservative and liberal ideas.I dont vote on issues that should have been on a public referendum vote years ago and are used as political footballs each election cycle.Lets face it,there is now only ONE party made to look like two parties,one runs up the creditcard and leaves the bill for the other to payoff.I must be the only one tired of pedulum politics.

McBush used Bush for his endorsement and now that the national campaign is about to begin, he wants to dump him! Do we want someone like this running the country?!!! Mr. McFlipflop!

John McCain's lip prints are all over Geo. Bush – and now he wants distance? I don't think so!

John McCain's lip-prints are all over Geo Bush – and suddenly he wants distance? I don't thinks so.

MY opinion:
In my adult lifetime it has never been more apparent the USA needs more than a two party political system

Sen. McCain needs to explain to voters the following:
- why he thinks he can bring about change when he has over 100 lobbyist in his camp?
-why he and his wife don't want to be transparent about their income?
- why he thinks that "bomb bomb bomb Iran" is more responsible than diplomacy?
- why he is smearing Obama about Hamas, while he himself was caught in an interview saying that one have to talk with Hamas?
- why he supports giving millions of dollars each month to groups that have killed many Americans in Iraq, just to show Americans that the "surge" is a success? (If you do/did the same with Hamas they will stop bothering Israel, it is call "appeasement"!)
- why did he lie while on the street in Bahgdad, saying that "all is safe", when he had dozens of Marines and Helicopters protecting him during the work, wasn't it your own "snipper fire story" too?

Just to mention a few!

Sen. McCain it would be best to debate issues with Sen. Obama, run a decent and respectful campaign, without going ahead with your old politics of pandering, lies and smearing, otherwise it will come back and hunt you!

I don't think Mcain can distance himself
from Bush when he is a Bush another term.

America will not go for it.

How the hell is he going to distance himself from his twin when he need the money and more importantly base of his party that don't even like him????????????????

I believe McCain is left of Hillary.He shoud have been on the democrat side of the preliminary contests.He has to prove he is not really a republican, while trying to prove he actually is!

so he's moving to England? How about China, that's even further. I donate for his plain ticket if that would help.

note to CNN blogger – your summary and title make no sense.

Everything but McCain. I'd vote for a monkey before voting for a republicain.

McCain is so much like Bush it is not even funny. Why does he think he is so mighty and proud that he would not bow down to talk with other "terrorist" leaders. We can either talk or fight. I think if you talk to Americans they would rather talk to our enemies then send their sons and daughters to die. How easy it is for people like Bush and McCain to use our troops to accomplish their own agendas. This is what is making me sick. We are Americans, yet we have no say in what happens in our lives? Bush continues to do what he wants inspite of the majority totally disagreeing with him? Thats not democracy. Thats communism.

That's not far enough. Try Antarctica.

Ummm How can he distance himself when he is constantly hanging of off Bush's ****

McCain was a maverick when he was the only Repub that went aginst Bush and his stupid plans. Now Bushs plans are McCains plans... he's Flipped and Flopped... now hes gonna try to Flip back?

It saddens me to think that some fellow Democrats are considering abandoning what we stand for just to prove a point by voting for Senator McCain and essentially throwing America under the bus.

England ain't far enough. He should try Pluto.

He will continue Iraq war, arrogant foreign policies, tax giveaways to those with influence, and a profit-over-people domestic agenda – exactly why we are in this mess in the first place. We can't fix our problems by doing the same things that got us there in the first place. What's that definition of insanity?

Obama 08 – Yes we can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Take that look of your face
I can see trough your smile"

it's ....fear..... for what is comming
the batlle with Obama!

I wonder if there is a politician that actually READS and UNDERSTANDS the Constitution. While I applaud Mr. McCain for being willing (or so he says there is a level of doubt here) to answer questions from Congress there is one telling fact. HE IS NOT A MEMBER OF CONGRESS IF HE IS PRESIDENT! This is not the UK, and while I disagree with the extraconstitutional powers bush claims the President has the fact remains that the President, Congress and the Supreme Court are separate but equal leaders in this country! The president does NOT need to answer the questions from Congress unless Congress is investigating something. Same as the Supreme Court does NOT have to agree with the President or the Congress and should NOT have a general discussion with either co-equal groups. It violates the integrity of the court, these types of discussins violate the integrity of the Congress and the Presidency! A simple fact is this the LIE of "ACTIVIST JUDGES" is simply a lie, the supreme court is a co-equal branch of the government, and its JOB is to interpert the Constitution. You see COngress Represents what the PEOPLE want, the President represents what the COUNTRY wants and the Supreme Court represents what the CONSTITUTION wants. Three groups co-equal but different.. sheesh folks it really is not that hard! The majority rules thought is wrong because the majority does not rule, unless the majority (ie our representatives in Congress (we are NOT a Democracy you see)) meets the requirements of the Constituiton (as determined by the Supreme Court) and is in keeping with the good of the country (the President). I could go on for a long time on this subject but suffice it to say this is a bad idea and shows that Mr. McCain, while being a good soldier, does not understand what he was fighting for!

Since the democratic party threw Hillary under the bus, my vote is for McCain.

We want to see "Substance" differences from the Bush Doctrine, not "Style" differences.

Ha,ha,ha,ha,aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

This is going to be a great election year!

Like to see how Mc Cain distance himself from Bush!

So far – Mc Cain is deep in bed with a lot of crooks!

I want to hear about the $15,000 million from the Saudis!

Go Obama! Nothing to fear reagarding Mc Paid or Mc Shame!

you can not run from the gop john. the hugs with bush killed you a long time ago. the same stance on iraq, and iran, and not having a grasp on economy just makes you another bush.

I can't wait for McCain and Obama to debate. McCain greatest weakness will be obvious: he has no position on any issues beyond what he's told to say.

Caught between a rock and a hard place!

McCain represents change by:

-Continuing the War in Iraq
-Telling voters Health Care should be provided by families that can't afford it
-stick with the voodoo economics of the past 7 years
-overturn Roe v. Wade (oh, wait, that IS change)

Not a bad guy...but also not offering change of any kind....I think the country wants a different direction...not more of the same

(and I'm a Republican) – Obama 08

Mcsame is running for Bush's Third term and Whoever vote for this old old guy is Misinformed and is voting against there best interest.

It is just politics as usual, everybody knows Mctemper and Bush are white bonnet and bonnet white if you prefer fish and sauce.

The stupidity of the liberal media never ceases to amaze me.Its so obviou that Obama has already motivated the conservitives aka the majority of america to come out in vote.Its the independents and conservative democrats that will give McCaine a landslide victory.Sorry kids thats just the facts.You have to learn to think for yourself not listen to biased media.

It is absolutely absurd to elect a democratic nominee for president that noone really knows much about and has spent the past 5 years accomplishing nothing but running for elections and giving spirited speeches.

Congratulations republicans! Four more years of red state rule!

Here's a man who has served his country an more than one why. Has everyone forgotrn that Obama was a drug user, and know when your kids get caught with druds they can say I was just being like the president. A McCain Democrate

The problem with Sen. MCain is that there is no change in his stance from Bush. People see that. He has already proven that fact by the numbers on his campaign staff that had special interest connections and multi millions off those lobbying efforts. His attitude towards the war will be his greatest downfall. People will see him and do see hime as tied to the hip of bush. It is and will continue to be a proloferation of the Bush policies.

Let him run as much as he wants, but he can't hide from the TRUTH.
McCain or McSame is an extension of the Bush era.....ha ha ha

I sincerely hope he means what he says,. I have been a democratic
for 40 years, but if Clinton is not on the ticket I will be voting for
McCain.

He's too old and experienced to know better than to suggest his engagement with the two houses of congress will work towards "appeasement". The voters do not believe he will "talk" to them, and if he did – take them seriously as he refuses to exercise the proper judgement to talk to our enemies in an effort to enhance diplomacy and real long-lasting results.

Get real, dude! You can thank W and the other like-mainded republicans for conditioning the voters minds about how you will handle diplomatic conflicts. Ignore them and maybe they will go away!

Smart move, McCain needs to move away from Bush.

McCain is by far the best man for the job. Of course the lions share of responses here will be from dems stuck in denial.

Dems, your candidates are neither qualified or truthful. Come to the light.....

Sen McCain, an American hero both militarily and in civil service, is the only path to success for USA this year.

Sounds like CNN is giving him the ok to flip-flop. On a side note I noticed the paint job on the "Straight Talk Express" was starting to peel. Underneath revealed the original name of the bus, "Pandering Liar Express".

But he doesn't represent change and I feel bad for the few loyal republicans who do want a change but will try and believe him. I just don't understand how any enlightened person could vote republican in good conscience.

It doesn't matter what you do McBush, you won't be getting my vote. We are sick of this war ! and you just flip-flop tooooo much. Plus the fact that you let that boeing contract go overseas (aren't there enough of our own out of work ?). And yes, I do think it is important to be concerned about your age considering you want to hold the highest position in the land. You just plain scare me.
It's time for something new. I'll follow Obama this time around.
No more republicans !

I would be very impressed if the GOP with the extreme bad record they have after so many years with Bush and also the years they had majority in Senate and Congress can win the President election. I will be very very impressed if they can campaign on something else than dirty ads against Obama, fear tactics or homofobhia.

I like it, I like it, I like it. The more I hear of this McCain guy, the more I love him! This is the kind of change we need in Washington, more than just rhetoric!

When is McCain going to recognize the "experience" he has is so out dated, out of touch and doesn't represent change. McCain will never accept change, he will be more bull-headed than Bush and will not accept others opinions. McCain is on a power trip of control and destruction. Please don't vote this old man in office.

Great headline! Maybe, McCain should move to England!!!

He is too old to represent change you can not teach an old dog a new trick. Change comes from the bottom up Mccain represents the people in the top.

Mccain is just a better choice than Obama..

Let's see a debate between Senators McCain & Obama that is unscripted.

Just the two men, standing at opposing podiums asking each other questions and answering them without the manipulation of a idiotic moderator.

Give 2,500 (statistically relevant) audience members instant response devices to register their approval or dissapproval on the substance, not the sizzle of the answers.

Do this in the Northeast, South, West, MidWest, Southwest and Northwest so that we have geographic diversity in the body politic.

This idea that the Senator is espousing need not wait until a President is elected. Let the voting public judge the elements of honesty, transparency, humility and temperment in the candidates right now.

The irony of this campaign is that, for all the talk about change coming out of the Obama campaign, in truth it is John McCain who is the actual change agent.

Independents for McCain '08

in other words, he is an old mess with no chance in heck of winning unless he plays the fear card.

he has been strangely silent on the Tn 'good ole boys' repubulicans misusing Michele words, i wonder why.

he's too senile to run this country. singing bomb, bomb, bomb iran was just pathetic. we cannot trust him with the safety of our troops.

McBUSH has a problem, you got to be kidding??? a war that is criminal in that it had nothing to do with 911, an economy that is going going gone, a distrust by about every country in the world, and mcbush may want to distance himself from himself???? interesting.

How is he gonna distance himself from Bush when he supports ALL of his idea's, what a hypocrite, unbelievable. The only reason he will get vote's in the fall is because of those hateful Hillary supporters.

John McCain is John McCain, he is not Bush! I would choose him over Obama any day, McCain is more a moderate republican. Obama is a dictator!

McBush can run to the North Pole if he likes. The aroma of President Bush will follow him. He is a man of war. What Americans want now is a man of PEACE. He and the rest of the GOP should leave Michelle Obama alone. She is someone I admire a lot. She walks like a model and talks like a queen.She even looks far more PRESIDENTIAL like McBush, who always giggles in a very annoying manner when asked some very cruclai questions.

John MCCain you are running as third Bush . I will never vote for you because you are too OLD. You also support the war.

How about Obama's Bush moment. A woman asked him about the Hanford clean-up site, and he didn't know what she was talking about.
This is not some obscure issue. His supporters rush to his side and gush-isn't it wonderful how honest he is? How deep can denial be?
Clinton knows about the issue and has solutions.

The way I see it, this wack has been in Wasington for MANY years and now hw wants to help instead of collecting a paycheck like the rest of them do......this guy is a COMPLETE joke to me.

McCain has been given a free ride for months, the MEDIA needs to start calling Sen. McCain out on his flip-flops. Sen. McCain's "straight talk" is nothing but a joke coming from a man who has lobbyist on his own campaign and then acts like he didn't know. Get outta here!!!

Sen. McCain's senate history will SOON come into serious scrutiny and he's going to be shown as the "crocked talker" he truly is. He has voted on so many Bush-supported bills that he has to be held accountable for. He's not fooling anyone with his old "cowboy bully" tactics. That's so lame and played out.

McCain is not going to have Sen. Liberman as his "clean up" man come November. November is going to be pure hell for Sen. McCain. I pray this man is ready because he's in for a rude awakening.

Just say no to George III..

HE IS A GOOD MAN BUT I THINK HE IS OUT OF TOUCH OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN EVERYDAY AMERICAN LIFE. THE AMERICANS WHO CANT AFFORD HEALTH CARE - DON'T HAVE JOBS - ARE LOSING THERE HOMES - AND THERE CHILDREN DYING IN IRAQ OVER A WAR THAT WAS A LIE!!!

John McCain can't distance himself from BUSh because he is joined at the hip.. They are siamese twins..

McBush has painted himself in a corner with wrong and failed policies and poor campaign management again...

..................Boot the songbird....................

poor baby
he can't shake bush when he adopted his policies

he need to retire

I think McCain is on to something here...why not go one step further and move to England..permanently! You can use Cindy's private Jet as you have done throughout this campaign.

McCain is Bush III..... why is he trying to distance himself? He's no different from Bush II....