The Foxnewsified Bush Interview

"CAVUTO: So do you think, I know this is a little outlandish, Mr. President. . . .

"BUSH: No, that's all right, Neil.

"CAVUTO: Do you think that the focus on Michael Jackson has hurt you?

"BUSH: I have no idea. I don't spend a lot of time trying to figure out, you know, the viewing patterns of American TV audiences. I do know that what my job is, and there's a serious problem with Social Security. . . ."

Who is This Cavuto?

Cavuto's last really big interview was in January 2004, when Vice President Cheney told Cavuto he "probably" used an obscenity in an argument the week before on the Senate floor with Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and added that he had no regrets. "I expressed myself rather forcefully, felt better after I had done it," Cheney said.

"Pretty feisty guy, aren't you?" Cavuto asked.

Howard Kurtzprofiled Cavuto in The Washington Post in 2002. Kurtz also discovered last January that Cavuto gave $1,000 to a Republican fundraising dinner with President Bush in 2002.

Bush's Stubborn Streak

Judy Keen and Kathy Kiely write in USA Today: "President Bush is a stubborn man. . . .

"Bush's stubbornness has served him well in the past. Charlie Black, a Republican strategist, notes that Bush's biggest legislative successes, such as tax cuts, education policy and creation of a Medicare prescription-drug benefit, were the result of Bush 'sticking to his guns.' But there are signs his determination to do things his way is beginning to be counterproductive, and the stakes are high. Without progress on his agenda, he risks being viewed as a lame duck when he needs an aura of invincibility: He'll almost certainly face a battle with Congress this year over a Supreme Court nominee."

Bush's Retirement Plans

In a story ostensibly about the plans for a presidential library, Warren Vieth and Edwin Chen of the Los Angeles Times give away a chestnut they've apparently been hoarding since dinnertime on April 30.

"And in comments to the Los Angeles Times, Bush said that his return to private life probably would include work with Texas faith-based organizations that performed social services. He did not elaborate. . . .

"It was at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Assn. in April that Bush said, without hesitation, that he probably would work with faith-based groups and concentrate on establishing his presidential library.