Apparently some of you are so poorly educated about the US political system, that you actually believe the president has the power to legislate. The president does not legislate, the Congress does.

That means, those who hold the most power over "average families" are our congressional representatives, not the president.

Now, the president does have the most powerful bully pulpit. He has the power to present his budget and legislative priorities to the congress. However, he doesn't have the power to enact those priorities. Only Congress does. So if the Henny Pennies were truly concerned about the average family, they would see them working a lot harder to change the party divisions in the Congress, and less hand wringing over George Bush.