Why would he have to?
He has plenty of others doing it for him.
On second thought -- this story is all about Pickles.
Aug. 31, 2004 | NEW YORK (AP) -- First lady Laura Bush, hoping to transfer some of her popularity to her husband, said Tuesday her speech to the Republican convention will be aimed at letting Americans know more about their president.
Mrs. Bush made the rounds of the morning news shows in advance of her Madison Square Garden appearance.
"I'm going to talk about the vantage point that I have being so close to him and what I've seen over the last four years and how important it is to re-elect him and how these times demand somebody with his personality and his resolve and his character," she said on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Mrs. Bush defended her husband's comment that the war on terror can't be won, saying "this isn't a war with a country where you're going to have a surrender at some point, but the fact is, as we look around the world, we are already winning the war on terror."
The first lady is seen as a potent political weapon for her husband, who often tells audiences that the best reason to vote for him is that a re-election victory means four more years of Laura Bush.
Two-thirds of voters have a favorable opinion of the first lady and 12 percent have an unfavorable view, recent polls show. Just over half have a favorable view of the president and more than 40 percent have an unfavorable one.
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/08/31/laura_kerry/index.html