The data in fact was marshaled and published in time enough for the Republican Party to have heeded the real lesson of 2006. This book should have been required reading for anyone preparing to vote in 2008, primaries and general election alike.
There was a time when you would get kicked off of free republic for saying anything negative about Bush. People around only started coming off the Bush worship after the 2006 election. And now many people are seeing the Bush years for what they were. A FAIL.