To be honest I didn't read the article in the link.
There is no question that there is enough blame for everyone here including Bush.

What I question is, how many votes are going to Obama becasue people honestly believe he is the better candidate and how many votes are going to him to be anti Bush and Anti Republican.

As I have said before, no matter who gets elected, the woes of this country will NOT disappear by magic.
What voters should do is not look at polls, not look at who is the more elequent speaker, not look at who did or didn't do their homework the night before the debate, nor look at who promises a chicken in every pot.
Why is the American voter fooled each and every election with empty campaign promises. Matter of fact, I'm trying to think of something that either candidate has not yet to promised.

All I'll say here is that Bush has now been in office for 8 years but both houses of congress have been controlled by the Democrats for the last 2