All in the Family: THE DYNASTIES: George W. Bush Will Accept GOP Nomination as a Personal Victory and as a Proud Chapter in His Family Tradition. His Generation Has Now Taken Control of American Politics, but Clans like the Bushes Link the New Era with the Past. an Exclusive Gallery of Republican Families

This is the milliennium election, and a changing of the guard. Gen Y now is eligible to vote in a presidential campaign, and for the first time since 1952 there is no member of the World War II generation on a national ticket. That year the grandfatherly Ike led the GOP to victory--the same year a Connecticut Yankee named Prescott Bush joined the U.S. Senate. The Bushes are now entering their fourth generation ranked among the most durable families in national politics.

Yet the Bushes are only one of the GOP clans with deep roots in public service. A family might come to politics, like the McCains, from a long military tradition. Or with politics in its blood like the …

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Publication information: Article title: All in the Family: THE DYNASTIES: George W. Bush Will Accept GOP Nomination as a Personal Victory and as a Proud Chapter in His Family Tradition. His Generation Has Now Taken Control of American Politics, but Clans like the Bushes Link the New Era with the Past. an Exclusive Gallery of Republican Families. Contributors: Not available. Magazine title: Newsweek. Publication date: August 7, 2000. Page number: 49. © 2009 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. COPYRIGHT 2000 Gale Group.

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