George H.W. Bush: “I am cautiously optimistic.”

Brownie, you are doing a heck of a job.

I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy that we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. I mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it's important for the media to call to account…

George W. Bush also focused on the inevitability of history saying 'trade freely with China and time is on our side.'

American officials must heed the lessons of the short-lived coup in 2002, when Bush Administration support for Chavez's ouster undermined America's standing in the region and damaged our credibility as a defender of democracy.