Holy Cow! His successor was his VICE PRESIDENT!
You should be blaming Dick Cheney for not running, not President Bush for McCain's loss.
This need to make Reagan perfect is really unbecoming...........and denies the historic facts of the situation.
btw, those of us who are "hagiographs" according to you, are arguing history, not rose-colored memories of a man who would absolutely hate the kind of worship so common on this forum.
Your rhetorical use of the "straw man" technique would make you a valuable asset on the Obamessiah speechwriting team.
Holy Cow! His successor was his VICE PRESIDENT!
Yeah. GHWB was his VP, and received an undeniable boost into the chair because of it. But he was a Republican successor nonetheless.
For the record, I don't consider Ronald Reagan a saint. IMO, He was simply the last best Republican President, replacing Eisenhower in that role. Both men had huge assets, and large flaws.
Also for your record, I think that GW, a good and true man, may well be treated much more kindly by history than by his present critics, among whom am I. But we're not in the period of calm reflection right now. It's more like damage control with the Ship of State on fire. And while GW is certainly no arsonist, he surely bears the responsibility for leaving the matches where Obama could find them.