A White House spokesman told reporters that GWB "stayed up past his usual bed time I think" to see who won Iowa, and also that he thinks that the primaries are great tests of character. It's not about the day-to-day, Bush has reportedly said in private, probably out loud to no one in particular, but it's how you do over the long term that counts. There are a great many other revealing character tests in politics, like how one can serve as the president for 8 years and yet leave office without a single valuable policy initiative accomplished or a single competent appointment made but still think one's opinion is valuable, for example. [CNN]