44 percent of the public blames the Bush administration for our current economic mess, with only 15 percent blaming Obama (double what it was at the begiining of 2010 but stable since this spring). The blame on Bush, in contrast, is the highest it's been in two years. The American people are not stupid. And if the GOP thinks they can pin all our woes on the incumbent president, they will seem out of touch and excessively partisan.