Town Hall campaigns shows that partisan division is at a fever pitch, but some lawmakers might keep arguing about the Bush administration’s legacy when Congress reconvenes.

After riding into power because of a country tired by the failures of Bush, some Democratic politicos feel compelled to prosecute those involved. Republican lawmakers are just as keen to cry havoc and national security when that topic comes up, and nine of them sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday claiming again that probes into torture allegations would inspire more terror attacks.

Republicans have continued defending the Bush policies for months, since strategist Karl Rove’s plan for one-party dominance was built on strict party line. But now the party line which stood fast on “Bush did it to keep us safe” is occupied with “Obama is a Communist Nazi.”

While people who worked at the White House with former President George W. Bush have been particularly adamant defenders, the lack of content on the site they launched shows even their interest might be waning.

Taking a hint from the problems of former president Gerald Ford, Obama has talked of moving forward so he could get his own agenda accomplished without trying to clean up the Bush agenda.

Yet in a recent Newsweek editorial Jacob Weisberg argued out that President Obama may have already devoted too much of his presidency to over-correcting the Bush policies in a way former president Carter played nice guy compared to the Nixon administration.

“He could end of up over-committed in Afghanistan, putting too much faith in the United Nations, accomodating dictators instead of standing up to them,” Weisberg wrote in the August 10 issue of Newsweek.

If a prosecution of alleged Bush violations does happen, I’ll be watching the Pew Research Center analysis on whether people wouldn’t rather just drop it and move on.

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