Number of the day

Our well-rested president.

Published August 10, 2007 7:28PM (EDT)

418: The numbers of days on which George W. Bush has spent at least some time in Crawford since taking office in 2001. According to the Houston Chronicle, Ronald Reagan -- the nation's all-time presidential leisure leader -- took 436 days off during his eight years in office, a record Bush will beat without breaking a sweat in the 528 days he has left as president.


By Tim Grieve

Tim Grieve is a senior writer and the author of Salon's War Room blog.

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