The vanishing act of Dubya    Yes, the missing person in the
picture would be George W. Bush, now seemingly under party house
arrest back in Texas as Romney runs as far away as he can get
from Bush and his White House tenure. Memories of the junior
Bush economic hangover haunt not only President Obama, still
struggling to recover from it, but also the Republican who wants
Bush's old job.  At a time when his rival Obama plans a closing
campaign swing with former two-term President Bill Clinton,
Romney keeps Dubya on the sidelines and out of mind. He's
obviously fearful voters will be reminded of what the previous
Republican president wrought domestically and abroad in his
eight-year reign.  In the second presidential debate, when
Romney was asked by an undecided voter how he differed from the
junior President Bush, he pleaded that they were "different
people and these are different times." He said he would "crack
down on China" and balance the budget but "President Bush
didn't," and he would focus on small bus