Rightly or wrongly the Administration's in trouble, or thinks it's in trouble because of the pre-911 warnings it missed or is thought to have missed. Solution: create another Federal bureaucracy. The sheeple, many of whom luv Mommy Goobermint, will luv it. Focus groups luvd it, sheeple will luv it!
Do all president's popularity polls SOAR while they are in trouble? This one's has.
Sadly, some just wish that he were in trouble-even at the cost of doing what is right.
We'd hate for the other guy to get the credit for doing the right thing, wouldn't we?