George H.W. Bush To Back McCain

By: Brian Montopoli
Topics: John McCain

A Republican source tells CBS News that former President George H.W. Bush will endorse John McCain on Monday morning in Houston, Texas.

Mr. Bush is the latest high-profile Republican to throw his support behind McCain, who is now trying to consolidate Republican support in the face of some conservative opposition. Former bitter rival Mitt Romney endorsed McCain yesterday.

Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor who has shown particular strength with Southern voters, remains in the race despite mounting pressure to pull out to ease McCain's transition to a general election fight.

As the Associated Press notes, the current president has not formally endorsed McCain, but he suggested in an interview on Sunday that the presumptive nominee had his backing. President Bush called McCain a "true conservative" but said the Arizona senator had "some convincing to do" to win over critics like Rush Limbaugh.

Brian Montopoli
Brian Montopoli is the senior political reporter at CBSNews.com.
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by gatorvol13 February 18, 2008 3:35 AM EST: McCain has always said he opposed torture (including waterboarding) because of his experience as a POW. But when it came time for ACTION, he voted AGAINST the bill that specifically made waterboarding and other known forms of torture illegal. This man does not even stand by his own beliefs.

Oh well, at least now he is honestly showing everyone that the Bush Administration will still be running the show when he gets sworn in.

If anyone is tired of being liked to, just remember that Ron Paul''s actions and voting record support what comes out of his mouth.; Reply to this comment


by giantrobot2 February 15, 2008 9:54 PM EST: The smoke filled cigar room of the old establishment puppets are trying to rule this country as the know it alls.

They don''t like Mike Huckabee''s charm, charisma and optimistic attidude. They feel threatened that they will lose control of their power hungry system.

They walk around pretending to care about the ordinary citizen, but in reality only care about their power and money.

Don''t be tricked into thinking they are for you. They have a attitude problem, they think the common ordinary American''s are too stupid and they must control them.

The American people must rally around the charisma of Mike Huckabee. He deeply cares about ordinary Americans.

He wants to "share" his power with you, not "show" his power like the other power hungry establishments want to do.

It''s time to show the establishments that the American people can think for themselves. Let''s rally around Mike Huckabee, a honest trustworthy and humble man.; Reply to this comment


by fightfascism February 15, 2008 9:25 PM EST: B0ludo: victimless? how is killing women and children with our tax dollars victimless? what business is it of ours anyway, they weren''t threatening us, they''re a sovereign nation. By that reasoning, the commie chinese should fund rebels here because our freedom of religion might be a threat to their national security. would the ensuing killings be victimless too?? it sure is weird how mass-media brainwashing works....; Reply to this comment


by glossypan February 15, 2008 8:16 PM EST: " * you! I know more about this than anyone in the room." - John McCain to fellow GOP Senator John Cornyn on the Senate floor during a May 2007 debate on the Kennedy-McCain bill granting amnesty to illegal immigrants.
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"No, I''m calling you a *ing jerk." - John McCain to fellow GOP Senator Chuck Grassley, when Grassley asked "Are you calling me stupid?", about.com Feb 21 2000
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Is screaming and cursing your colleagues, even those from your party, who disagree with you a "Conservative Value"; Reply to this comment


by j-whitman February 15, 2008 8:04 PM EST: B0ludo,,,, We are today still trying to recover from the mess of our involvement with the Contra''s; Reply to this comment


by b0ludo February 15, 2008 7:53 PM EST: sanfelz: Without Iran Contra we''d have a Communist Central America, meaning about four times the amount of people jumping the Rio Grande to get here, although this time not because they are hungry but because they are persecuted. Look at how many Cubans risk their lives in the Florida straights today... Iran Contra was the proverbial victimless crime, if you ask me. Iran Contra brought democracy to Nicaragua, a country that today boasts the highest level of personal security in the Americas... Not too shabby for old George and Reagan!; Reply to this comment


by JJASMAN February 15, 2008 7:31 PM EST: POS== ( Piece of sh*t...)

Bush # 1 = POS....
Bush # 2 = POS....
McCain = POS....; Reply to this comment


by denn034 February 15, 2008 7:00 PM EST: This was to be expected.; Reply to this comment


by j-whitman February 15, 2008 6:46 PM EST: After dems jumped on McCain for wanting our troops in Iraq for the next 100 years --

- McCain says,, "I didn''t mean it, I meant it will be genocide if we don''t"; Reply to this comment


by sleepyric February 15, 2008 6:39 PM EST: if this endoresment ain''t the Kiss of Death, I don''t know what is??? *L*....A great indicator that McCain is out of his mind to accept it!...he will kiss anyone''s arse to get into the WH before he dies!; Reply to this comment