I wish he’d hold more press conferences - it would probably do wonders for his poll numbers, but more importantly, people would get answers directly from him.

Bush’s central focus, even during the Q&A session, was about the War on Terror. For the most part, his answers were pretty straightforward and honest. (I am not a member of the “Bush lied” camp, so he came across as honest to me, as honest as a president can be when asked about his own administration’s policies - and sometimes they ain’t honest period, they just come across as charismatic.) Now if only the members of the press had been able to come up with more original questions instead of rehashing the same ones every few minutes.

The press conference routine isn’t one of the President’s strong points, but he didn’t do too bad tonight.