Introduction : assessing George W. Bush's legacy : the right man? / Iwan Morgan -- Rating Bush / Andrew Rudalevige -- Bush's style of presidential leadership / Nigel Bowles -- Bush's congressional legacy and congress's Bush legacy / John E. Owens -- Bush, the judiciary, and the conservative constitutional counterrevolution : close but no cigar / Robert J. McKeever -- The ethical record of the Bush presidency / Clodagh Harrington -- Did Bush pursue a neoconservative foreign policy? / Timothy J. Lynch -- Bush's foreign policy legacy : counting the cost / John Dumbrell -- Bush and big government conservatism / Alex Waddan -- Bush's political economy : deficits, debt, and depression / Iwan Morgan -- Bush's partisan legacy and the 2008 elections / Philip John Davies