What to do with Bush on the 2008 campaign trail?
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His poll numbers are in the doldrums, he is presiding over an unpopular war and he is promising to campaign vigorously for Republicans in next year's elections.
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A look at some of the positions of Republican President Bush and Democratic candidate John Kerry:
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Even as Democrats lick their wounds and Republicans bask in President Bush&#39;s second-term victory, would-be presidential candidates for 2008 already are maneuvering for position.
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President Bush's opponents call him lots of names but they don't call him timid. When it comes to taking risks, Bush has few peers. His second-term agenda is fraught with politically troublesome priorities, if not for Bush personally then for Republicans on the ballot in 2006 and 2008.
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Politics has made year-end tax planning problematic. Although tax policy is fixed for 2004, it&#39;s been difficult to strategize into the future without knowing who the president would be through 2008.
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Seeking the presidency is harder the second time around. As the race for 2008 builds, Democratic Sen. John Kerry has left little doubt about his intentions to try again after his narrow loss to President Bush in 2004. He isn&#039;t the only also-ran considering another marathon.
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On the campaign trail, belting out promises for the next four years, President Bush exudes confidence and optimism. Yet the reality of a second term is that Bush would be boxed in by many of the momentous decisions he made in the first.
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WASHINGTON - Flush with political capital, President Bush has begun making out his second-term shopping list. All of his priorities aren&#39;t yet clear, but many he talked about in broad terms on the campaign
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President Bush campaigned today in Minnesota, a swing state he lost in 2000 but that seems to be in play this year, where he described Senator John Kerry as out of touch on issues from health care to Iraq.
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The stands of these 2008 presidential candidates on a selection of issues:
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For lower-tier candidates, bashing Bush may seem like the only option. Top-tier candidates may find it too risky now to go negative against the president.
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President George Bush is heading back to the front lines of the campaign battlefield, with visits Friday to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.
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On the first day of his last year in the White House, President Bush returned to Washington with an ambitious agenda for 2008, including tackling the mortgage lending crisis and securing more money from Congress for Iraq.
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WASHINGTON - Enmeshed in his re-election campaign, President Bush rarely spends a full day at the White House. But even when he does, presidential politics and campaign pitches remain close at hand...
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In the waning days of the US election campaign, the Bush camp has revamped its travel schedule for new political priorities. US President George Bush now will be traveling to Michigan in what appears as a
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WASHINGTON - President Bush has been solidifying his gains in states that once were dead heats, forcing both parties' campaigns to alter strategies as the electoral battleground shrinks. Democrat John Kerry is struggling to stay afloat in some hotly contested states, including Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio, where polls show Bush pulling ahead...
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday he is not ruling out a run for the 2008 presidential nomination, but that he is not a candidate now. A decision to run, if one should come, would not be made for at least two years, said McCain, speaking only a few weeks after the 2004 campaign ended with President Bush winning a second term.