[Roberts]

Interesting. President Bush comes across so far as straightforward and unassuming. Doesn't fit the stereotype often perpetuated of a guy in over his head.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

They all need to walk around and talk to real people more, fat chance!

[smoothsailing]

"I'm the decider"- George W. Bush

[Liberal Bob]

I forget who was the puppet and who really ran things?

[COgamer]

“Karl Rove told George W. Bush before the 2000 election that it was a bad idea to name Richard B. Cheney as his running mate”

Trying to imagine what this administration would have been like without Cheney in the picture... *shudder*

[John Jorsett]

It was John G. Roberts Jr., now the chief justice of the United States, who suggested Miers to Bush as a possible Supreme Court justice, according to the book.

Roberts has officially denied this thru a Supreme Court spokeswoman. Seeing as how Miers was Bush's longtime close friend and advisor, and came from the Texas world that Bush inhabited before coming to Washington, I tend to believe Roberts. Bush didn't need any outside help to suggest her nomination. What he needed was somebody to tell him he was crazy to consider her.

[DoughtyOne]

On the selection of Cheney, Bush made the right move. Good one. On the issue of Meyers, I disagreed with him, but it was his appointment to make flawed or not. If he felt she was the right person he should have appointed her. Still, it was my right to disagree.

To tell the truth, it’s nice to see Bush making his own moves over the objections of others. The claim for too long has been that he was allowing others to make them for him. This should help dispel that lunacy.

[hsalaw]

I’d be surprised if there weren’t “dissent” in the inner circles. Pres. Bush may value loyalty and service, but he doesn’t seem to want syncopantic yes-men around him.

[Uncle George]

EVEN BEFORE THE COCK CROWS -——————————

[dfwgator]

Dissent in the inner circle?!?? OMG like that’s NEVER happened before.

[Paul Ross]

When Rove, President Bush's top political adviser, expressed concerns about the Miers selection, he was "shouted down" and subsequently muted his objections, Draper writes, while other advisers did not realize the outcry the nomination would cause within the president's conservative political base.

This sounds plausible. We saw how emotional and stubborn W was in defense of the pick.

But this doesn't sound plausible:

It was John G. Roberts Jr., now the chief justice of the United States, who suggested Miers to Bush as a possible Supreme Court justice, according to the book.

This just doesn't pass the smell test. I have no reason to disbelieve Roberts denial either. Hence where did Draper get this version of events...and what are they trying to accomplish? Besmirchment of Roberts at a minimum...and who would be seeking to do that besides the Washington Post itself?