I've always thought that part of Bush's problem was his wealth and privileged upbringing. He knows that whatever decisions he makes will not affect him. These types become rather aloof because they've never been up against a wall (poverty, job loss, etc.) and been forced to invest themselves in something. The crisis in his personal life (alcoholism, etc.) is the story of a privileged young man who had the luxury to indulge in these vices because he always had money to fall back on.

Bush's support of the military has always been admirable. I had a bad feeling in my gut however when Bush hid in Nebraska somewhere immediately after the Twin Towers came down. He should have been standing on the rubble in NY denouncing radical Islam (not "terrorism").