[chimera]

I would also add his support of the pro-life cause and a vision for greater domestic energy production as points in his favor. I believe that he is a morally upright individual, which brought some measure of dignity back to the Office, in contrast to his predecessor. Character matters, and Bush was reasonably strong on that score. On balance, I would bump him up to a B- or maybe B. Not stellar, but by no means bad.

[DustyMoment]

I would also add his support of the pro-life cause and a vision for greater domestic energy production as points in his favor.

I'll give him points for pro-life, but his domestic energy production support was lukewarm at best and wasn't a fight he really pursued. As we saw with the GWOT and the Iraq War, when Bush got serious and passionate about an issue, he was extremely good at persuading people to his side.

In the aftermath of it all, his support of domestic energy production turned out to be little more than lip service. However, the pro-life score will raise his grade (from me) from "C-" to a "C".