Yesterday was George W. Bush's last State of the Union. (Yea. Applause.)
Though in the past, some presidents have given a SOTU speech on their way out, that hasn't happened lately.
This from Peter Baker of The Washington Post:
We say "probably final" because in the past, presidents used to give a lame-duck State of the Union address on their way out of office. That hasn't been common in the past few decades, but there's nothing to say he couldn't do that if he chose. We've asked the White House about this and they say they think it's probably his last one too, though they didn't rule anything out entirely.
So now that the end is near, what should George W. Bush do in his retirement?
Speculation has ranged from being commissioner of Major League Baseball to clearing brush on his Crawford ranch.
We could easily see him pulling a Reagan and running to Japan to accept a lot of money.
We can't see him being ex-presidential. He hated traveling the little he actually did. He has made one official visit to Canada in seven years. And Canada is the United States' largest trading partner.
One suggestion would be for him to raise money to help take care of all the damage he has done (Katrina, Iraq, etc.). Another possibility is jail time, of course.
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