The Bush '43 administration is responsible for the fracturing of the Republican coaltion that exists today.
Any Bush stank will be toxic for DeSantis' reputation as a conservative outsider and maverick.
- Bush '43 alienated the Small Government conservatives to introduce Social Security, Part D, for prescriptions ... without allowing the purchaser (American taxpayer) to negotiate prices.
- Bush '43 alienated fiscal conservatives by growing the size of Government and the Debt.
- Bush '43 alienated Constitutional conservatives by lying to circumvent a Congressional Declaration of War for their war of foreign advendture in Iraq.
- Bush '43 alienated America First conservatives by spending trillions to nation build in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- Bush '43 alienated Adam Smith Capitalism conservatives by socializing Big Bank losses without any banksters being held civilly and criminally accountable.
- Bush '43 alienated Educational conservatives by passing the No-Child-Left-Behind Act.
- Bush '43 are responsible for driving conservatives to the Tea Party, and subsequently to the Freedom Caucus.
- Bush '43 alienated Immigration conservatives by not securing the Southern Boundary of the US.

... and, no, Browny did not do a good job after Hurricane Katrina ... just like Bush '41 let Florida languish after Hurricane Andrew.