Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.

Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.

Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation.

Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago.

People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities that we were fooled on by Clinton.'

Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in the region he happens to be in.

Most of the things that need to be said about the President are things he can't say himself.