I’ve never understood why all admins don’t have anyone but total loyalists on board. McClellan had a Dem background. His mother changed from Dem to Rep to Indy. He was raised during her Dem period.
To the victor remains the spoils. Geesh. Clean house when ya win.
I’m from Texas and I blame his mother, the oft married Carole Keeton McClellan Rylander Strayhorn, for his parting of the ways with Bush. She ran as an independent against Bush’s successor and had a snit when Bush endorsed Perry.