Because he's good at sliming out of issues?

Great move, bosh!! He's not needed in Washington, he's leaving UMiss in the lurch for over 5M bucks, and he's demonstrating he doesn't trust Sarah Palin to cover the campaign for him for a few days while he messes around where he's not needed.

Bah, humbug--he's degenerated into a poseur with Alzheimer's.