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Held sway for eight years before democrats took over. not a single policy difference that's discernible from george w. bush, not one. >> you heard the name, george w. bush. back again with us, andrew rucher, the founder of a blog about how technology is changing politics, cnn contributor erick ericson, editor-in-chief of a conservative blog redstate.com and here in the studio our own gloria borger and joe johns. first to you, erick. are you worried that by starting to name bush again democrats are finding a strategy that's going to work for them in november? >> no, i don't think so. i think a ...

Results are, and they don't like the results. >> gloria, i mean, bush's name -- >> right, and there's been a lot of internal polling. bush's name, not good. >> right. >> so if you poll people and you say what about -- would you elect this generic republican with these generic republican economic policies, they are like, sure, okay, fine, but when you mention what about a republican who supports george w. bush's economic policies? >> it's toxic. >> they say absolutely not, which is why you're going to hear democrats talk about bush more and more even though lots of folks say, you know, the stat...

Where we have seen one politician after another get caught on tape inserting foot into mouth t.certainly seems li like a summer of gaffs. take a look at highlights. watch this. >> why should you vote for me? because i do not wear high heels. >> the federal government, yes, can do most anything in this country. >>-ins -- this is a war of obama's choosing. this is not something the united states had actively prosecuted or want toned gage in. >> who are you? . >> who are you? >> oh, some of that is painful to watch. to you, andrew. you would think politicians would know better. shouldn't they kno...

There. erick, such a pleasure to have you on, andrew, thank you, and gloria will stick around. i'll see you, too, joe in a little bit. >> thank you. suppose members of congress can put aside their bickering and actually get some work done when they get back from vacation next week? are there any new ideas? i'll ask members of each party's leadership. everyone who wants to go to college and everyone who started college but never finished... to late bloomers... full-time moms... and everyone who is good at something but wants to be great. welcome to kaplan university. the university that's cha...

The obama people know that, so they just spin you up on this, and you happily go along. one more story. shame on you. >> well, that's a tired candidate and he wasn't even a candidate. >> no. >> but that's what happens when you get somebody who is exhausted and cranky, and the cameras were out in the open, jess. >> what astonished me about this is within ten minutes of it happening, i started getting phone calls and e-mails from people who were in the west coast, reporters all over the country. >> right. >> and so it sped at the speed of light and everybody characterized it on the evening news ...