For Lurch Chertoff to go on the airways over the weekend and defend this debacle is, to use the word of Newt Gingrich, incomprehensible. Clearly his job is too much for him, and he needs to step aside, and resign. Especially when the previous HLC Ridge is basically saying the same thing. Bush needs to be better served by his staff. Chertoff has failed in this regard. It would be political fodder for the dems but, holy cow, this is plain stupid. Bush should clean house before the fall elections, maybe leave Rumsfeld, because the muslims hate him, but realize he will kill them.
That's something that is not going to happen.
One of President Bush's weaknesses is that not only does he reward and expect loyalty, he is too loyal to his picks.
Through everything that has happened during his two terms, particularly 9-11 and Katrina, how many people has he fired, forced to resign, etc.?
He does have that Boris Karloff look, except Boris was a good actor. Chertoff couldn't even convince a 5 year old he's Santa Claus. Nobody believes what he's saying on this.