Mr. Bush's carefully constructed persona is that of an all-American regular guy - not like his suspiciously cosmopolitan opponent, with his patrician air.

"Danny represents blue-collar Queens and Bob is the all-American guy from Buffalo."

Jackie says: "He was an all-American guy to the core.

OK, he's an all-American good guy.

I mean, there's great feedback, but yeah, sure, I was sort of legitimately categorized and typed as the all-American guy.

How does an all-American guy respond when his bride hints that an old Serbian curse might turn her into a panther?

He's just your basic, no-nonsense, all-American tough guy.

In his case it is the all-American nice guy popularized by James Stewart (who placed in the top 10 nine times between 1950 and 1959).

As an actor he was the handsome all-American good guy, which in his case required knowing his lines and being himself.