Former President George H. W. Bush To Support Romney, But What About George W?

At an event that was held in Houston on Thursday, George H. W. Bush officially declared that he would be endorsing Republican Mitt Romney for the upcoming presidential election. This endorsement from the former president is another example of how the Republican Party is coming together to back Romney, which increases the pressure on challengers Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. H. W. Bush has provided encouraging words to Romney during the primary season, but he had never officially endorsed him. However, his wife, Barbara Bush, had officially supported Romney and had even recorded automated telephone calls for him during the Ohio primary. Their son, Jeb Bush, who is a former governor of Florida, officially endorsed him last week.

However, there are still no signs of endorsement from George W. Bush. Mitt Romney has claimed that he speaks to George W. Bush on occasion, but he has not yet met with him. The 43rd president, who currently resides in Dallas, has not attended a single one of Romney's Texas fundraisers. Both Republicans and Democrats alike both believe that Republicans would be best to not worry about having Bush’s backing. After all, he only has a Gallup approval rating of 34%. In addition, 45% of the voters believe that a lot of the blame is on his shoulders.

I have to say that I agree with what both sides are saying. I do feel bad for Bush because I don’t think he deserves all this blame. Sure, he wasn’t a great president, but people like to put blame on somebody. He just so happened to be in office when all this occurred. It is our fault for living beyond our means.