I think George W is probably a lot different with employees in private than in public because you cannot dress down an employee in front of People. In such an important job as working for the President you better not mess up and he is like his Mama a hard as$. Tough cookies, that is what you need to keep a tight ship. I will bet that that backbiter colin Powell has been spilling his guts, it would not be out of character because he was a huge leaker when he was Secretary of State. He is out of the loop now and is jealous of Condi so since he has nothing to leak, he is acting like a nasty jealous teenage girl and talking out of school. I would bet money it is him. Hey Colin obviously nobody was afraid of you especially liberals.
I agree with your assessment of Powell. I used to admire him, but have seen a different side of him in the last year or so.