President Bush spends 40% of time out of the office.
Note: In a Corporate environment, a CEO that approaches his position in that manner would not have a job before long, especially when his attendance is combined with his abysmal record on "being a uniter, not a divider", strategic and tactical planning for National Security, job creation, economic stewardship of the Nations wealth, adherence to rules of international law, and a host of other concerns.

We're not talking either about Bush busily working on the nations business on his ranch...instead the press reports he: "cleared some brush...went fishing...cut down some trees, etc". Yetch ! Just what we need, a figurehead President with the Administratiion being run by the Vice President. Kinda like what we had under Reagan it's it?

But all that doesn't matter, since Bush can count on the support of Southern whites, evangelical Christians, financial manipulators, and other Tories to hinder progressive governance. And given his support for fundamentalist concerns maybe it's better he say out of Washington longer. Most likely, that's exactly what will happen after November 04.