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Bush Cuts Loose With Administration Alumni (Chris Stirewalt, November 11, 2010, Fox News)

When asked what he didn't get to do as president that he wanted, Bush talked about his failed effort to reform Social Security. He told the audience, a capacity crowd at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce auditorium, that he wished that they had dealt with immigration first - before it became such a hot button - and then turned to entitlement reform.

Bush lamented resistance to his Social Security plan among congressional Republicans, attributing it to short-term electoral concerns.

Bush was relaxed both in his remarks in during the question and answer session, riffing on topics and making many jokes.

"He seemed less guarded and like he was having a good time," said the former insider. "It was kind of a return to the more freewheeling President Bush we used to know."