Democrats v. Bush - Just As Bad as Republicans v. Obama?

"The GOP’s One-Sided War on Dems" is a very interesting article in The Daily Beast by Michael Tomasky. He chose four big pieces of litigation initiated by George W. Bush and by Obama and examined Democratic and Republican support for them in the House and Senate. The bills he chose were:

Bush:

• The first big tax cut
• No Child Left Behind
• The invasion of Iraq
• Medicare prescription-drug bill

Obama:

• The stimulus
• The health-care vote
• The Dodd-Frank financial reform
• The “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal.

Perhaps Democratic opposition to Bush's bills was just as strong as Republican opposition to Obama's? Nope; not even close. Tomasky goes into detail on each point, but he summarizes the results as follows:

Here’s how it all adds up:

• Average Democratic Senate support for Bush: 45.5%
• Average Democratic House support for Bush: 36.8%
• Average combined Democratic support for Bush: 41.1%
• Average Republican Senate support for Obama: 8.8%
• Average Republican House support for Obama: 2.7%
• Average combined Republican support for Obama: 5.75%.

Tomasky says:

What does this history tell us? It tells us plainly that one side is usually against the other guy, but within bounds that are to be expected, while the other side is blind with rage against the other guy.