Another reason Bush was a lot better than the left says

If anything, he was a tough adversary for them.  In fact, it was the Bush administration's policies that has caused the energy production to be one of the bright spots today's economy.

The U.S. could become the largest producer of oil this year, seven years earlier than expected, a recently published BP report predicts.

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“The Bush administration worked from the start on finding ways to unlock the nation’s energy reserves and reverse decades of declining output, with Mr. Cheney leading a White House energy task force that met in secret with top oil executives.”

Remember the caterwauling about Cheney’s “secret meetings” with oil industry executives? Now we know what it was about: plotting a path toward energy independence. The horror! 

There are so many reason why Romney lost, and this is another one.  He should have defended Bush and challenged the current conventional wisdom that he is the blame for the economic mess.