[chimera]

W2 isn't getting off to a very good start. He's keeping a bunch of losers, Mineta, Snow, Chao. The latter two probably have the worst political skills among all of them. But, on a brighter note, I hear that Gregory Mankiw may be headed back to the Ivory Tower. Good riddance to bad rubbish on that one.

[null and void]

Well, I'm

deeply saddened

[Soul Seeker]

Condi as SOS, Rumsefeld at Defense, Kerik at Homeland, Guiterraz at Commerce, and Powell out.

Mineta, Snow, Chao are not the sum of his appointments.

[BillyBoy]

>> W2 isn't getting off to a very good start. He's keeping a bunch of losers, Mineta, Snow, Chao. The latter two probably have the worst political skills among all of them. <<

Agree with that. As I noted on another thread, I'd much rather see Gale "Emily's List" Norton, Norm "Clinton holdover" Mineta, and John Snow get their pink slips than Tommy Thompson, Rod Paige, and John Ashcroft.

So far, the ONLY improvement has been dumping Powell and replacing him with Rice. And what was G.W. thinking by naming Mike Joannes as Argiculture Sec?