He was a horrible communicator, he didn't strengthen the party, his immigration policy stunk, boarder security stunk, I didn't like his budget or his stimulus just to name a few. On the other hand I liked his tax cuts, the fact that he kept our country safe for eight years after 9/11, he killed a lot of terrorists, and the economy was pretty strong for most of his two terms. I guess failure maybe too strong a word but I was not generally happy with him. That came mostly in the later years. When it comes to politics I thought he needed to grow a spine and take to back to the libs that were pounding him every single day for eight years. He never did and lost his base.