An article by Victor Davis Hanson.

Rethinking George Bush?

The American people are warming to Bush and cooling to his successor.

September 16, 2010 12:00 A.M.

Former president George W. Bush left office with the lowest approval ratings since Richard Nixon. So, for nearly two years, Pres. Barack Obama won easy applause by prefacing almost every speech on his economic policies with a “Bush did it” put-down.

But suddenly Bush seems okay. Last week, the president did the unthinkable: He praised Bush for his past efforts to reach out to Muslims. Vice President Joe Biden went further and blurted out, “Mr. Bush deserves a lot of credit.” Biden topped that off with, “Mr. President, thank you.”

Even liberal pundits have now called on Bush to help Obama defuse rising tensions over the so-called Ground Zero mosque and Arizona’s illegal-immigration law.

What’s going on?
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America woke up from its 2008 trance and is concluding that Bush was never as bad, and Obama never as good, as advertised.

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