I just want to say that I don't think for a minute that Condi runs Bush. Clearly Bush adores her, and if she takes care of him, it's because he wants to be taken care of. She's been described as his office wife. My suspicion is that he has a love/hate relationship with Condi. Most close relationships are that way. The husband "forgets" the anniversary and so on. My educated guess is that Condi does his bidding, and part of her job is to take care of him because be wants it that way.