I agree with Jacob Weisberg that George Bush has had one major success, buried among his large and numerous failings. That success was that his administration, for eight years, has kept secret the process of his decision making.

Probably the biggest question Bush leaves behind is about the most consequential choice of his presidency: his decision to invade Iraq. When did the president make up his mind to go to war against Saddam Hussein? What were his real reasons? What roles did various figures around him—Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Condoleezza Rice—play in the actual decision? Was the selling of the war on the basis of WMD evidence a matter of conscious deception or of self-deception on their part?

Of course, part of that success, I think, has to do with the fact Bush’s decisions, especially the war in Iraq, were such collasal failures that no rational person will believe any explanation of the process of “decision-making,” even if such explanation is the truth.

Not be outdone by Jacob Weisberg, Fred Barnes rubs together his few thoughts, and lists what he calls 10 successes of the Bush Administration.  Steve Benen at Polictico pens the best response to Barnes.

UPDATE: More on this theme from the Libertarian Party.

UPDATE 2: Wonkette furnishes their own top 10 Bush list.