It's been my observation that Bush likes to rattle the Right so that he can shrug his shoulders at the Left and rule the Center.
I don't think that's the case in this situation though, because he wouldn't have been dismissive today of the bureacracy if he was trying to mollify both the Left and Right simultaneously.
I'm taking this one at face value unless I see specific info otherwise. Which means Bush needs to get watchdogs in place at the bureaucracies so that situations like this don't happen.
