[lonestar]

- no TBA deal, no $$$

- no $$$, no Crawford ranch

- no name recognition, no Governor of Texas

- no Governor of Texas, no Presidency

Name recognition? When his name was George Bush?

[Ready4Freddy]

You don't think the electorate would have been able to differentiate between an ex-prez & his never-done-anything-on-his-own-up-to-that-point son?

[Ready4Freddy]

Dubya knew he had a name recognition problem, lonestar.

" "My biggest liability in Texas is the question, 'What's the boy ever done?' He could be riding on Daddy's name." ~ GW Bush, Time Magazine, 1989