Taking a break from the intense campaigning during the New Hampshire presidential primary, a group of relatives of Republican favourite George W Bush are sitting at a road-side diner in the typical New England small town of Milford.
As they sip their coffees, they are happily speculating on who will be the third generation Bush to run for the White House, apparently assured that George 'dubya' is a already a shoo-in for the 2000 race in what has been dubbed by some commentators as the first US political dynasty.
They settle on his nephew George P Bush - the 24-year-old half-Latino son of Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida and grandson of former President George Bush.
'He is smart, ambitious and oh so handsome,' one niece gushes. 'Just wait . . . He's got everything.' But across the lunch counter, the diner's regular Saturday crowd is less than impressed with the generational reach of the Bush dynasty as they tuck into their hot-cakes and scrambled eggs.
'They've got a damned cheek coming up here,' one local shop-keeper hisses under her breath.
'Don't they realise some people are still suffering because of the recession old man Bush created? People lost their homes.' Two hours later young George P and George W are sharing a stage in a local hall with the rest of the clan, as the current Bush candidate - introduced as the 'next president of the United States' - warms the crowd up to meet two 'fabulous Americans'.