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I have supported GW wholly; but, like many of the sentiments expressed in this thread, mine are of disappointment with GW, too. That leads me to say that I think you are deluding yourself in saying that the “great Bush... short end of the stick.” Jeb and GW are chips off the old block(GHWB), they are all of the same mold, i.e., “moderates” with no really conservative principles(that’s the reason GHWB got stuck with breaking his “no new taxes” pledge); and, like Rush says, there are no truly great moderates.

GW has lowered taxes, responded to 9/11, and appointed two apparently right-minded judges to the USSC, all of these executive actions being no-brainers in my book. But, when you get down to the nitty-gritty, what else has he done that conservatives can be excited about? Worked with Teddy Kennedy on education, did not veto McCain-Feingold even though he allegedly had misgivings about its constitutionality, created the biggest government yet, instituted a “new tone” that has been an abject failure in the eyes of many supporters, etc., ad infinitum. I cannot get excited about that. Jeb would be more of the same.