ABC's 'View' Interviews Doro Bush -- Without Rosie O'Donnell on the Set

When Doro Bush Koch came on ABC's "The View" on Friday to discuss her book on her father, President George H.W. Bush, "My Father, My President," about 40 minutes into the hour, she was interviewed only by Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Barbara Walters -- no Rosie O'Donnell, no Joy Behar. Some of the questions were still less than soft. Walters asked about how her brother's drinking problem affected their mother. (She said that she didn't want to downplay the drinking problem, but that the media overplayed it...and mmm, still is, Barbara?) Hasselbeck asked about how Jeb Bush has suggested Bill Clinton's taking advantage of her father and his friendship, which she answered by talking of how kindly Clinton treated her dad on their tsunami tour in Indonesia.

The big question here about missing Rosie and Joy -- whose decision? -- was completely unexplained and undiscussed on the show. Was it Doro's condition? Was it Barbara's decision? Or did Rosie decide she couldn't play nice?