February 18, 2008
Posted: 10:31 AM ET
HOUSTON (CNN) — Former President Bush endorsed Sen. John McCain for the presidency on Monday, saying, "No one is better prepared to lead our nation at these trying times than Senator John McCain." "Few men walking among us have sacrificed so much in the cause of human freedom," he added. Filed under: George H. W. Bush • John McCain February 15, 2008
Posted: 09:36 AM ET
Sources: Former President Bush will endorse John McCain before the Texas primary.
 (CNN) — CNN has learned that John McCain will travel to Texas, most likely next week, to accept the endorsement of former President George H. W. Bush. The campaign is working on the scheduling with the former president's office but the goal is for an event in Texas next week, accordoing to two Republican sources familiar with the discussions. The endorsement is part of the Republican rally around McCain nationally. But it is also aimed especially at Texas, where voters will weigh in March 4. There is a vocal faction of social conservatives in the state who regularly sparred with President George W. Bush during his presidency and his days as governor. The former President Bush is no favorite of these social conservatives either, but his embrace is being orchestrated as an important signal to the state's broader Republican establishment that it is important to back McCain and participate in the primary. –CNN Chief National Correspondent John King Filed under: George H. W. Bush • John McCain September 18, 2007
Posted: 04:33 PM ET
(CNN) — There was a surprise guest, albeit by videotape, at the final stop of John McCain's "No Surrender" tour in South Carolina on Monday night. Former President George H.W. Bush spoke to the crowd at The Citadel in Charleston, thanking McCain for "standing tall" in his support of the war in Iraq. "The bottom line is we must persevere, we must not surrender. We must not quit and run away," Bush said. "God bless our troops and everyone involved in the 'No Surrender' rally there in Charleston." The Bush camp was quick to point out the appearance was not an endorsement of McCain, and was a one-time-only event. Bush spokeswoman Jean Becker told CNN Bush was asked to make the tape by his longtime close friend Robert Mosbacher, the former Commerce Secretary and party fund-raiser who backs McCain and is serving as his general chairman. The timing of McCain trip, following Gen. David Petreaus' report to Congress and the president's speech Thursday on war policy, is what led Bush to agree to the taping, she said. Filed under: George H. W. Bush • John McCain • South Carolina |
 
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