He is a typical business exectutive (Hawvad MBA dontcha know). Everyone I ever met demanded absolute loyalty but would never give it in return. Moment you were in trouble, you're on your own. The only reward a guy like that gives is promotions to his cronies....... who are most likely to be loyal.
Read it and weep. I wondered what a business man would be like as prez......can't say I like it any better than trying to survive in business.
With that said - I don't like to make a president think he is beholden to his staff either - even though all your points were spot on.
Lincoln fired popular generals which angered the American people at the time like General George B. McClellan.
Though I also understand Lincoln fired the general for being a bad general and if-if-if Attorney General Gonzales is fired by Bush it would be over politics not competence. That is the difference and not a good thing overall. This is why it would be bothersome from the right wing point of view regarding this firing (if the news is true).
Moreover, he wasn't an especially GOOD businessman.