In reality, not much has changed; the American public still doesn’t really miss Bush. From a new Time poll:
– 61 percent blame the Bush for the “balky economy,” while 27 percent blame Obama.
– 53 percent favor Obama over Bush (33 percent).
– 55 percent favor Obama over Sarah Palin (34 percent) in a hypothetical 2012 presidential campaign
The Siena Research Institute also just released a poll of presidential scholars, who rated Bush in the “bottom five” of U.S. presidents throughout history. They rated him 39th. Other presidents in the bottom five were Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin Pierce. Obama was ranked 15th



