President Bush announced this morning that he has accepted the resignation of White House Chief of Staff Andy Card. The president didn't say it, but rumors have circulated for weeks that someone was going to have to fall on their sword to try and salvage the Bush presidency, and Card is the guy. Republican's were urging the President to get some "new blood" in the West Wing. Bush has chosen to replace Card with budget director Josh Bolton. Budget director? The irony in that astounding!
AP reports: Bolten is widely experienced in Washington, both on Capitol Hill as well as at the White House, where he was deputy chief of staff before becoming director of the Office of Management and Budget.
At a White House news conference last week, Bush was asked about rumors that a shakeup in the White House staff was in the works. Bush said he was "satisfied with the people I've surrounded myself with."
"I've got a staff of people that have, first of all, placed their country above their self-interests," he said at the time. "These are good, hard- working, decent people. And we've dealt with a lot. We've dealt with a lot. We've dealt with war. We've dealt with recession. We've dealt with scandal. We've dealt with Katrina.
"I mean, they've had a lot on their plate. And I appreciate their performance and their hard work and they've got my confidence," he said.
Bush said, "I'm satisfied with the people I've surrounded myself with. We've been a remarkably stable administration, and I think that's good for the country."
What would be good for the country would be to replace the Republican leadership in Congress with Democrats, and to FINALLY begin impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney.
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