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A mistake, but not nearly as big as one as Mitt's universal plan. Bush's plan was at least limited to seniors already in a government run system. not ideal, and not very successful but it hardly had the impact that Romneycare would have if it went nation wide as well, especially with its fines and mandates

Bush made many mistakes, and those have been alluded to and discussed here on FR from the top down. But on fundamentals (life, guns, God, etc.)he was and has been consistent.

Now how logical would it be that if Bush, whom we trusted to at least some extent, let us down in some areas that we in turn then move our support to a man who has PROVEN to be untrustworthy on not just the fundamentals, but on such issues as universal health care as well.

I understand what parallels you are trying to draw and why, but it is the ultimate non-sequitir really, apples and oranges. Mitt has a record the lets us know we can't trust him BEFORE we even give him a shot. If Bush had the same record leading into 2000 he would have never gotten the nod from conservatives.

Keep swinging, this is fun...