Barbara Bush: 2012 Is ‘the Worst Campaign I’ve Ever Seen’

Former First Lady Barbara Bush, speaking at a symposium of the campus of SMU, said of the current GOP race, "I think it's been the worst campaign I've ever seen in my life."

By ASHLEY PARKER
The New York Times

The former first lady Barbara Bush is back on the campaign trail — this time for Mitt Romney — and once again, she’s not biting her famously sharp tongue.
 
Speaking at a conference about first ladies at Southern Methodist University on Monday, Mrs. Bush called the 2012 presidential race “the worst campaign I’ve ever seen in my life.”
 
“I hate that people think compromise is a dirty word,” she said. “It’s not a dirty word.”

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