And, ray, I'm trying to be honest with you. I think the McCain=Bush argument, and the variations you've posted thereon, are something of a canard, for the reasons I've posted already.

While there will certainly be more attempts to argue McCain=Bush as a result of the convention, the fact of the matter is that Bush will be there opening night and then, as is typical for an outgoing incumbent, fade from view.

McCain will speak the last night.

In between you will have Sarah Palin (and others) speaking and people will be paying attention to her.

I seriously don't see it as that big of an issue, any more than the idea that Ted Kennedy speaking at the DNC somehow implied Obama was going to drown an intern in his car during a drunken driving incident.