Recent reports detail some of the risks of vigorous campaigning.
George W. Bush's spokesman Scott McClellan tells WebMD that the candidate recently showed his hand after campaigning in four cities, revealing red and swollen knuckles. I'm good for a 1,000 or 1,200 shakes a day before redness and swelling set in. The flip side, though, is Bush does shake nearly that many hands every day, according to McClellan. But he enjoys the handshaking. In fact, McClellan jokes, all that handshaking may even be healthy for his boss.