The Foxnewsified Bush Interview

To his credit, Cavuto did ask about the number one priority. He put his question this way "Do you think you get a bum rap in the media on the economy?"

Here's Fox News's partial transcript of the interview. Here's the video: part one, part two and part three.

Gitmo Watch

Peter Baker writes in The Washington Post: "President Bush opened the door for the first time yesterday to the idea of shutting down the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a facility that has become a symbol of excess for critics of the United States around the world since it was opened after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

"While Bush continued to defend the treatment of prisoners at the camp, he pointedly did not rule out suggestions by two leading Democrats that the facility be closed in an effort to repair the tarnished U.S. image abroad. 'We're exploring all alternatives as to how best to do the main objective, which is to protect America,' Bush told Fox News Channel when asked about the prospect. 'What we don't want to do is let somebody out that comes back and harms us.'"

In spite of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's insistence yesterday that nobody in the administration is considering closing Guantanamo, Baker points out that Bush's comment was probably not just an off-the-cuff remark. White House press secretary Scott McClellan used almost identical language in response to the same question at his briefing yesterday -- twice, in fact -- a clear sign that it was an officially sanctioned talking point of the day.

On Kerry's Grades

The opening question.

"CAVUTO: Mr. President, we knew you had won the election and now we have heard that you had better grades than your opponent too in college.

"(LAUGHTER)

"CAVUTO: What did you think with the release of those transcripts?

"BUSH: I didn't think much about it. You know, I've always tried to lower expectations, and I feel like if people say, well, you know, maybe, you know, I don't think you handle the tough job, and when you do, it impresses people even more. But my view is the campaign is over.

"CAVUTO: Yes. He was billed as the intellectual, though, and you had better grades in college.

"BUSH: Yes. Well, as I said, I like to lower expectations.