Yes McCain is a Bush brand "W" name.

Actually the Democrat Party should be concerned. In the last two elections we saw a President elected by relatively very few votes. The country and voting was divided pretty much along party lines. With Palin on the ticket Republicans are excited and are voting with their party. Independents will probally be split between Repulicans, Democrats and third party. In this election, unlike the past , Democrats are not united behind Obama and many are crossing party lines or not voting. The number of Democrats doing this varies depending upon polls and how it effects the election has yet to be seen. To ignore this rift in the party or dismiss it because new voters are being recruited to counter the ones lost may very well cause the Democrats to lose. A tie or closeness in the polls is not good - this election should have easily gone to the Democrats.