The association is relative. Ya notice, Bush isn't running 2012, yet the GOP is attempting to distance themselves from that disaster? Fact is, Bush was in it for 8 years, and was followed directly by a block Communist from Chicago...People were fed up, many conservatives refused to vote, as there was *nothing* left to vote for.
That's the Politico/MSM narrative. Bush looks like a knight in shining armor compared to Obama. They can't run on Obama's record, so they're trying to invoke the Bush boogeyman. It's not going to work. Everything has gone south since Obama took command.
as there was *nothing* left to vote for.
McCain rallied against Bush for 8 years. In '08 he ran as an anti-Bush liberal Republican and he lost.