Bush was a half loaf president, IMO because of top adviser,Karl Rove. Bush pulled the whole conservative movement to the left. We could have had it all, again IMO, if not for Rove.
We have a lot to learn from Rove and that is that he is a Trojan horse to be dismantled.
You are right, Rove is a Trojan Horse and managed to damage both Conservatives and the GOP with his big spending, crappy big tent illegal immigrants and lack of guts in defending the few conservative policies of the GWB Admin. I despise the toad.