Oh, dear GOD, NO! Bush "stayed up past his usual bedtime" to wait for Caucus returns! What a HERO! [View All]

[Amerigo Vespucci]

January 4, 2008
Bush stayed up late for caucus returns
Posted: 12:54 PM ET



WASHINGTON (CNN) – It takes something extraordinary to keep President Bush awake late into the evening, and the exciting Iowa caucuses — which resulted in upstart victories for Republican Mike Huckabee and Democrat Barack Obama — were up to the challenge.

"The President watched the returns last night, he stayed up past his usual bedtime I think to wait for the results to be announced," White House spokesman Tony Fratto told reporters with a smile on Friday morning. "He watched the network coverage of the results coming in. It's something obviously that he's keeping an eye on."

Bush clearly does not want to show favor to any one Republican candidate at this preliminary stage, so Fratto said the President did not place a congratulatory phone call to Huckabee. "I think it's a little bit early to be doing phone calls," he noted.

But in private, the President is expressing admiration about the spirited competition thus far. "The President said that these races are great tests," Fratto said. "You win some and you lose some. And the question is: how do you do in the long run? He thinks it's a good test for anyone who will eventually end up in this job."

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