Back during his father’s and his brother’s administrations the media reports on their polling numbers never seemed to grasp that a large proportion of those expressing disapproval did so from the “right”. Bush I was elected once on the coat tails of Reagan, and Bush II was barely elected twice in large part because he was fortunate enough to have a raving imbecile and a male gold digger cum fraudulent military “hero” as opponents. By 2008 the Bush “brand” was effectively destroyed and all the PAC money and denials in the world won’t bring it back, especially since this latest princeling is so laughably incompetent.
>> Bush II was barely elected twice <<
Unlike 2001, 2004 in fact was not a “barely” sort of event. It wasn’t a landslide, to be sure, but it was a good, solid victory.
On the other hand, I agree with you that Bush 43 was lucky to face such a doofus as Kerry in 2004. A better Dhim candidate that year might have turned the tables on Bush.