[Howlin]

Bush should have fired everyone from the administration. I am sure Clinton did when he got into office

There are only so many positions a president can "fire"........and Clinton was kind enough before he left office to make most of his political appointees civil servants; you cannot just up and fire a CS. Ashcroft even went to Congress to get permission to fire some of them, but they, of course, said no; they could only move them laterally.

Clinton fired all the attorneys genereal, who are required by law to submit their regisnations to the incoming administration; nobody before had ever accepted them ALL.

[areafiftyone]

Thanks for clarifying that.

[pete anderson]

...and Clinton was kind enough before he left office to make most of his political appointees civil servants; you cannot just up and fire a CS.

Since when did the Director of CIA become a Civil Servant job?