Not a Crook- Not in a Bubble

"People have got to know whether or not their President's a crook. Well, I am not a crook." - President Richard Nixon 11/17/73 (http://www.msnbc.com/onair/msnbc/timeandagain/archive/watergate/nov1773.asp)

"I don't feel in a bubble. . . And it's a myth to think that I'm not aware that there [are] opinions that don't agree with mine. Because I'm fully aware of that." - President George W. Bush 12/12/05 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051213/od_nm/bush_bubble_dc)

Why do [I] feel like this [is] not progress?