Alas, in domestic policy it will be the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama years as a single entity, since Bush, Sr. started the caving to liberals as the antidote to Reaganism and neither Bush has been good on curbing domestic spending.
The current Pres. Bush certainly has some big plusses over the liberals in international matters, but “compassionate conservativism” was just code for RINO liberalism.
I think you are right about the Bush-Clinton-Bush-0bama years on the domestic policy side. Is there any difference between Paulson and Giethner? From what I can tell, they are interchangeable.
On the foreign policy side, 0bama could be Poppy Bush’s second term, as Powell and Scowcroft are advising 0bama.