Bush was concerned with doing the right thing. Heck, the dude is a painter now and his daughters are liberals. They got Saddam and they didn’t care about Republican candidates anymore. Republicans could win more and save the country if they started playing hardball as a party like Dems do. Please.
Sorry, but you incorrectly presume that the Republipukes have a different agenda than the Democraps.
The only political battle going on in the USA today is between the elected (them) vs. the electorate (us) and the elected continue to dupe the electorate into believing that they're on our side.
They aren't and haven't been for a very, very long time.