The mag's Jonathan Martin claims that after election losses in Massachusetts, Virginia and New Jersey, it's clear the Democrats need a new strategy because its “Bush-bashing” has gone “bust.”

Martin writes:

After three consecutive losses in statewide races, some top Democrats are questioning a tactic aimed at boosting the party's candidates in each of those contests: Bush-bashing.

But that strikes me as odd. I paid very close attention to the N.J. governor's race last November, in which Republican Chris Christie won vs. Jon Corzine, and I heard roughly zero “Bush-bashing” in that entire campaign. (Martin claims there was a single line from a single Corzine add that mentioned Bush by name.)

Same with Mass., I followed that race pretty closely and also never got the sense that Democrat Martha Coakley was building her bid around a “Bush-bashing” strategy.

Politico's proof? Martin notes that Coakley ran an ad “connecting” Brown to Bush. Well yeah, but “connecting” doesn't = Bush-bashing. In fact, here's the Coakley ad that connected Brown to Bush, and yes that single fleeting image was the extent of the Bush appearance.

It seems pretty obvious that spot was a Brown-bashing ad, not a Bush-bashing one.

Politico announces that Bush-bashing has gone bust and Democratic candidates need to move on. Weird part is, they already have.