Plus Bush made sure that the GOP wouldn't have a viable Presidential candidate in his VP slot. Obama should send Bush a thank you note for that.
Bush himself admitted that he gave up his free market beliefs to sign that monstrosity tarp bill last September - however, the one issue I take with him is that seeing the way the country was running after November of 2006 election, he should have quietly asked Cheney to step down to bring on a VEEP that could run effectively in 2008...THAT was the one decision that hurt this country and gave us Barack Hussein Obummer!