FWIW, no one to blame but Bush for this one. It was obvious for almost the whole time that McClellan was press secretary that he was doing a lousy job. Yet he was kept on for month after month of screwups and incompetence.
Why did Bush put up with it for so long? Every president is going to make a few bad appointments, it’s inevitable. But then you correct them, before more damage is done.
And don’t tell me it’s loyalty to his subordinates. Why should a President be loyal to his failures but screw the subordinates who are trying to do a good job, like Scooter Libby, or the Haditha Marines, or Compean and Ramos?
So, now he gets his reward for keeping him on much longer than he should have done.
I agree.