What Bush leaves behind

From LA Times:

By Bush's own standards, his presidency has largely been a failure when it comes to domestic affairs. He sought to build a lasting Republican majority around a new brand of big-tent conservatism, but he leaves his party wounded and weakened amid the worst financial collapse since the Depression. He wanted to reform tax and immigration laws, Social Security and Medicare; none of that got done.

Bush attempt at changing Social Security was met with harsh resistance. IMO its unlikely that anyone has the political capital to get reforms passes. Denial and pushing it off for another day is politically much easier.