[goldstategop]

John McCain is a dirigiste Republican. Like Bush, he has no objection per se to Big Government. He isn't proposing to reverse the Bush legacy. He wants to add to it.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[TigersEye]

He isn't proposing to reverse the Bush legacy. He wants to add to it.

So, since McCain says "Oh, no no" we're not better off than eight years ago does that mean Bush had good policies but he just wasn't the right person to implement them?