What's next bastard pretenders to the throne? (Score 1)

I'm rather bemused by how dynastic politics is in a country that was based on rebellion against monarchy. It seems in many minds being named Bush or Kennedy automatically makes you representative of some particular ideology. If I ran for President today my own wife probably wouldn't vote for me let alone distant cousins. What does that prove about anything?

And another thing, why do so many Americans refer to "the queen" when they mean "the queen of England?" You know you don't have a queen because you kicked out her loony German ancestor all those years ago right?