Posted on 03/28/2006 5:01:19 AM PST by Arkinsaw
Andy Card has resigned.
gonna be a long search...........
So that's what all the press was doing there this morning. Whats-his-name Gregory was running like the wind down what's left of Pennsylvania Ave.
yup....
scary, eh?
it can actually can be quite endearing......
really.....
honest.....
I swear....
Won't change a thing. He does need to make some money after five years at such a low salary for a person of his caliber.
"Fred Barnes will be very puffed up tonite on Brit's show,"
"As opposed to his usual humble, conciliatory self?"
LOL. You have a point there, friend.
When he's puffed up, does he stammer more than usual?
Don't forget to thank all the little people too. And where would you be without your fans?
Andy Card has been talking about leaving for probably two years now. This is no surprise. My guess is Bush talked him into staying longer than he wanted.
What do we know about the replacement ... Bolten?
White House chief of staff Andy Card has resigned and will be replaced by budget director Josh Bolten, an administration official said Tuesday, in a White House shake up that comes amid declining poll standings for President Bush.
Bush was expected to announce the change himself later Tuesday during a meeting with reporters in the Oval Office.
The move comes as Bush has been buffeted by increasing criticism of the drawn-out war in Iraq and as fellow Republicans have suggested pointedly that the president bring in new aides with fresh ideas and new energy.
Card came to Bush recently and suggested that he should step down from the job that he has held from the first day of Bush's presidency, said the administration official.
Bush decided during a weekend stay at Camp David, Md., to accept Card's resignation and to name Bolten as his replacement, said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not want to pre-empt the president.
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 shake up 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, "We've been a remarkably stable administration, and I think that's good for the country."
A veteran of the administrations of both President Ronald Reagan and the first President Bush, Card was widely respected by his colleagues in the Bush White House. They fondly called him "chief."
He usually arrived at work in the West Wing by around 5:30 a.m. and frequently did not leave until 9 or 10 p.m.
Card plans to stay on the job until April 14, when the switch with Bolten takes place.
Associates said that Card, who was Secretary of Transportation and deputy chief of staff, had wanted to establish himself as the longest serving White House chief of staff. James Steelman, who was President Harry S. Truman's chief of staff, had served for six years and Card's tenure will have gone not much longer than five years.
A recent AP-Ipsos Poll found that Bush's job approval has dipped to 37 percent, his lowest rating in that poll. Nearly 70 percent of people say the U.S. is on the wrong track, a six-point jump since February. Bush's job approval among Republicans plummeted from 82 percent in February to 74 percent, a troubling sign for the White House in an election year.
Source: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060328/D8GKJLCO0.html
He was the Chief of Staff during the President's first term and did one hell of a job. He may have burnt out, it may have been a mutual decision or the President's alone.
To blame Card for the failings (for lack of a better word) of the second term is unfair. He has served us and the President well and I join you in thanking him.
He managed to send moonbats into a tizzy within minutes...
I like him
Yep, many Chiefs of Staff resign along the way. Very common place, regardless of what the DUmmies say or the feeble media will try to portray.
Thanks Andy. It must've been quite a ride.
I like Fred when he nods and says 'yeah' 'uh-huh' before Britt even gets a complete thought out.
Michael Bolton would have been an interesting pick.
Keeping ones mouth shut would have been not pre-empting. Typical AyPee and leakers coitus.
Five years is a lengthy tenure for a Chief of Staff.
Thanks, guys...it's good to start the day with a good laugh! :-)
Does this Singularity stuff really make sense to you? I'm left scratching my head. If posthumanity is less than 30 years away, I won't even have my mortgage paid.
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