None of this will please President George Bush as he battles for re-election in November.

ECONOMIST: Bush's jobs deficit | The

Which brings us, unavoidably, to "Leatherheads, " the disappointingly leaden, if eager-to-please attempt by George Clooney, the movie's star and director, to evoke the screwball comedies of Hawks, Cukor and Sturges.

WSJ: Film Review

Should he choose to do otherwise, the president may please for the moment George McGovern and those who share his policy predilections.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Return of the syndrome

Please welcome middle-aged George Clooney.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS