Heard a quote from G.W. on NPR the other day. He mentioned the "problems" with social security.

Glad to see our country's leadership was able to improve the situation from "crisis."

Joe Daus

I think his 'fixes' of Social Security are as much ideological as fiscal. He wants to have the government not in the business of insuring people's retirement.

I did think it was good that he put benefit cuts on the table. If it has to happen, better to get it out early.

The President's press conference didn't seem to add much to what White House spokesmen have been saying recently.

His handling of Social Security still leaves questions. The SS assets are invested in T-Bonds, just like much of the assets of thousands of investors including, George W. Bush, Warren Buffet and most of the Asian central banks. If that money is simply invested in worthless IOU's, a serious reevaluation of the international finance system is in order.

Bush's attempt to address the oil situation left much out. Certainly the best way to lower gas prices is to increase production, but that doesn't address the long-term difficulty of soaring demand. Simply relying upon domestic sources of oil will not stem the demand and only reduces out political liability, not our need for oil.

He did offer explicit support for his embattled nominee for Ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton. But he dodged the question of the use of religion as a weapon in political debate.

Given that this was the President's first solo press conference in over a year, it would have been better to hear a broader explication of his current agenda as well as clear descriptions of policy.