October 20, 2009 Obama the Graceless Bush Will Be ObamaÂ’s Eternal Foil Rich Lowry. Republicans neednÂ’t trouble themselves to nominate a presidential candidate in 2012. No matter what, Pres. Barack Obama will be running against George W. Bush. Bush will be ObamaÂ’s eternal foil. At this rate, when Obama writes his post-presidential memoir, it will be titled: An Audacious Presidency, or How I Saved America from That Bastard Bush. His presidential library will have a special fright-house wing devoted to BushÂ’s misrule. He will mutter in his senescence about 43, like the Ancient Mariner about his albatross. Obama clearly wants...