I’m curious what the president of the United States is supposed to do with his days. I have some ideas — prosecuting a war, say, or cleaning up cronyism in executive bureaucracy. But I guess I’m wrong. According to this president, his job is permanent campaign.
The New York Times reports:

When President Bush’s Social Security plan first ran into headwinds, the White House began a 60-cities-in-60-days tour to drum up political support that could be used in Congress.

That approach proved insufficient. So Thursday, in Hopkinsville, Ky., Mr. Bush described his next tactic: the endless Social Security tour.

After explaining that he was going to visit his ranch in Crawford, Tex., he said:

“But after that I’m going to head back out again, and I’m going to spend time talking about Social Security every week until something gets done - because that’s my job.”

And, like the last 2+ months, the BS rolls on …

At the “town hall” meeting in Kentucky, Mr. Bush sought to emphasize the benefits of his Social Security plan for rural populations, part of a strategy to win over specific groups of voters to using personal accounts as part of an overhauled program of retirement benefits for younger workers. […]

“[The surplus] money has gone to government programs. And so all that’s left in the Social Security trust is a file cabinet full of I.O.U.’s.”

“When those I.O.U.’s come due, somebody has to pay for them, either through reduced benefits or greater taxes,” he said to an enthusiastic crowd.

He’s really milking that file cabinet for all it’s worth, isn’t he?