Our Weenie in the White House:

Here’s a problem with following the president around all day long: Sometimes the story is where he’s not.

Reporting that President Bush steered clear of the White House’s own Conference on Aging yesterday — making him the first president ever to do so — fell to the regional newspapers and NPR, not the big guys.

It turns out that had Bush attended, he would have been facing a very hostile audience.

So instead, Bush held a photo-op with a hand-picked group of seniors at a swanky retirement home — and it was well covered by the usual suspects.

Be sure to read the rest of it — the Conference on Aging got hot.