Then why did the GOP gain a seat in the VA big 3. A fact that you wish not to answer, but rather like the media go with your predetermined knee jerk template.
While GWB has done several good - very good - things, on balance, he's not the POTUS I wish he'd be: I was hoping for a Reagan-type and we got more of a Bush I type.
As to the VA governor's race, I didn't expect us to win that one anyway, Bush or no-Bush. As to gaining "one of the Big Three", big freaking deal. The Lt. Gov and the AG are not terribly important to the Nation-at-large.