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Bush Shifts Focus to Small Picture

He's concentrating more on nitty-gritty of domestic issues

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 24, 2007 11:20 AM CST
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(Newser) – With his term winding down, President Bush is putting an increased emphasis on the small picture—domestic issues that have a tangible effect on people's lives, the New York Times reports. While still engaged with weighty foreign matters such as Iraq and the upcoming Mideast summit, Bush has shifted focus to topics such as the holiday travel crunch, unsafe foods, and shaky home loans.

“These are issues that don’t tend to be at the center of the political debate but actually are of paramount importance to a lot of Americans,” said a White House official. Here Bush is following his predecessor: Washington laughed when Clinton talked about car seats or school uniforms, a former Clinton aide notes, but the public didn't.

President Bush pardons May, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Bush pardons May, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)   (Associated Press)
President Bush holds Adam Webb, 6, of Manassas Va., during a visit to Berkeley Plantation on the banks of the James River in Charles City , Va., Monday, Nov. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
President Bush holds Adam Webb, 6, of Manassas Va., during a visit to Berkeley Plantation on the banks of the James River in Charles City , Va., Monday, Nov. 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)   (Associated Press)
President Bush talks on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House before participating in the pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey in a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Bush talks on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House before participating in the pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey in a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday,...   (Associated Press)
President Bush pets May, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, as he pardons the bird during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007. Behind him is Ted Seger of the National Turkey Federation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Bush pets May, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, as he pardons the bird during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007. Behind him is Ted Seger...   (Associated Press)
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