Well, yes, in part he can be blamed on Bush.
Rove admitted it: they didn’t fight back for seven years. This was not only completely destructive to Bush, but to the whole Republican brand. He utterly destroyed the conservative brand, which is why it’s not hard for so many people to not get worked up about “conservatism” anymore. What did it get us?
Conservatism? It gets us not-what-we-have-now. I don’t think I’m ready to give up and give in.