I agree with a lot of that. But the Demos have deep problems. I'd say the problem is that there is only one credible pro-America PARTY. It's not as if a good party accidentally nominated a bad candidate. Their party is seriously flawed. But in general, I agee. GWB benefitted from a lack of real competition. Then again, Reagan got to run against Carter and Mondale. Not exactly hall of famers.
The thing about Reagan was that he proved himself as a great man in office and won by a landslide his second term. Bush's claim to fame is that he did a decent job in the aftermath of 9/11. I reserve judgement on how he is protecting America after 9/11 because his stance on illegals leads me to think he doesn't care about security as much as he claims. If there was no war and no 9/11 most Republicans would already have dropped him and his moderate to left leanings would be constantly discussed here.
Bush is the worst type of Republican we could possibly get he is socially conservative and financially liberal.