I'm basically with you. I do think that Rove/Bush deserve the blame to this extent: W was
so intent on restoring dignity and class to the presidency, after The Nameless One had dragged it down to the moral gutter his own soul inhabits, that he failed. He was busy being classy and above the fray, when he should have realized that defending his agenda was part of waging the war on terror.
Much as I hate to say it, it's a lesson he could have learned from The Nameless One: the importance of an effective instant-response squad, and continual campaign.
Having said all that, I blame the voters, period. Though the MSM did its best to get 0 elected, reasons for rejecting him weren't in secret code under a rock at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Amen. There is religion and there is politics. Give to Caesar. In this case, Obamacaesar doesn't deserve anything. But Bush helped us get there, no doubt.
My wife goes ballistic when Republicans try to be "too Christian."