Bush, unlike Rove, just went the heck a way and shut up.
That is the true test of a man and a leader.. at least for this round anyway, imo.
Compassionate Conservatism was code for Big Government. The entire Bush family owes the country an apology.
I think it's more the self-announcement or self-description, the "I'm not like the rest of them," than the actual political stance that rankles.
You can't be Ayn Rand and hope to win elections (and if you're in politics you probably shouldn't want to be Ayn Rand). You have to be more of a mensch than that.
But the more you say "Message: I care" (with people hearing "Message: you don't care" implied) the more it irritates people.
Totally spurious comparison. This is what you get when you let an adolescent skull full of mush, who has never done anything in the real world but write sophomoric columns, tell you about the real world.
Bush had a geographic history and family ties to the Hispanic community. He also ran against two of the most inept, totally white bread 'rats in political history.
Romney ran against a racist agitator and class warrior whose only job had ever been to stir up racial antipathy against (wealthy) whites. Romney could have been a righteous down for the struggle white guy but his goose was cooked before he got in to the ring.
Bunch of nonsense. His whole argument boils down to marketing. He conveniently overlooks how Dubya’s “compassion” and idiocy brought about Obama in the first place!