I doubt that W still wants to be president. Why doesn't he just quit.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

You know it's true; it can't be fun anymore and nobody likes him anymore:-(

[Kierkegaard]

1. I doubt it makes much difference.

Nobody EVER liked him...

[begin_within]

2. He's waiting for someone to bail him out, like with baseball, oil, etc.

[NanceGreggs]

5. Maybe Daddy's friends ...

... can pitch in and buy him a NEW country, one where everybody likes him.

Come to think of it, if that's a viable option, I'll even throw in a couple of bucks myself!

[LiberalEsto]

3. Because Momma Babs will whup his sorry butt

that's why. He's a-skeered.

[Canuckistanian]

7. He's waiting for Daddy to bail him out

But this time he's pissed off Daddy's friends and squandered all his power on war and Jesus freaks.

He'll be moving back into Poppy & Bar's basement until he's ready to take his seat on the board with Carlyle.

[demigoddess]

16. he's waiting for daddy to bail him out but this time

Daddy actually expects him to do the job.

[ThomWV]

4. Because He Can Not Admit Failure

And quitting would certainly be an admission of failure.

[Protagoras]

6. President? He was told he'd be KING!

maybe if we were to clear up that confusion he'd lose interest.

[EuroObserver]

10. Shurely that depends on his 'direct line'

...from on-high :shrug:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

8. Yep, it's rough.

[lpbk2713]

9. The RNC won't let him.

They would be stigmatized as "miserable failures" by association for years to come and they would lose elections all over the country. And of course, after they start losing elections they start losing campaign donations and they wouldn't make any money off influence peddling (a la DeLay). It would be a downward spiral that could mean the end of the rethug party.

[Jane Austin]

11. Because he and his daddy both would be uncovered for the crooks and

international terrorists they are as soon as he lost his executive orders privilege, veto power and percs of the office to cover up the stuff they've been getting away with for years.

This is also the reason they will do anything they have to do to "win" the election in 2008.

They cannot afford to let anyone else have access to Presidential papers or to lose his immunity to being indicted.

[FloridaPat]

12. Rumor has it he and Cheney are making a ton of money with all these

wars and happy defense contractors. They'd leave a lot of money on the table. Besides, there are those little war crimes they committed. They are actually in a position they can never leave alive because the next guy just might let them go to the Hague for trial

[fla nocount]

13. Because he signed a deal with the Pretzel that included a second term.

You don't welch on a deal with the Pretzel. Poppy holds your arms behind your back while Unka Dick bitch slaps you to the beat of Jeffy G. pounding on the back door.

Feeling vicious tonight.

[Ron Green]

14. It's all about his LEGACY.

He has to hold on long enough scrape out of there with his legacy intact. You know, the President who finally took the fight to the enemies of democracy, and all that.

If the neocons complete their mission, and reinstate the jungle as the natural environment for us all, Bush will be a hero.

[Snotcicles]

15. He quit before he started. He just keeps showing up everyday. n/t