[dirtboy]

The Iraq war probably played the biggest role in the GOP demise in 2006 and 2008. I see Trump continuing this 9/11 gambit as an effort to try and swing those lost presidential voters back to the GOP. Also realize that his comment about 9/11 happening on Bush's watch was in response to Jeb saying W. kept the country safe - it did not come out of the blue.

Trump IMO on this point is looking past the primaries to the general.

[dfwgator]

The GOP has to ditch the entire Bush legacy if they are to move forward. Trump is accomplishing just that. Too bad it wasn’t done in 2012, then we wouldn’t need a Trump this time around.