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Cheney's Parting Gift - President Bush is hiding from public view until the election is over -- and for good reason. But Vice President Cheney briefly emerged from the shadows on Saturday to praise the McCain-Palin ticket. And Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama quickly brandished Cheney's appearance like a cudgel.

The Burrowing of the Bushies - It happens every time a president leaves office: Some of his political appointees don't want to go, so they "burrow in" to the civil service.

Bush Still Draws a Blank - Nearing the bitter end of eight ruinous years in office, President Bush still won't acknowledge a single substantive thing he did wrong. Asked if he had any regrets in a CNN interview yesterday, Bush copped to a few public-relations gaffes many years ago. His tone, however, was anything but apologetic. In fact, he seemed quite pleased with himself.

The Pariah President - President Bush isn't headlining any big political rallies this time around. Far from it.

The Stuff of Comedy - There is something flat-out comical about the lengths to which Republican presidential candidate John McCain has gone to avoid any contact with the incumbent president who has endorsed him as a worthy successor.

Will We Ever Learn the Truth? - Will we ever find out what President Bush really did in our name?

Waiting for Obama - Reduced to obsolescence -- and fighting off emotions -- President Bush is apparently joining the legion of Americans waiting for Barack Obama.