So Bush has strong public backing and gets to tear into some of the entrenched beauracracy and shape a new, leaner agency.
Exactly what I was thinking last night during the speech. Reforming existing bureaucracies is almost impossible so GW decided to rip out the chunks he wanted to reform and dump them into a new one that can be organized from scratch. He didn't give it any (or at least only limited) law enforcement powers so it's unlikely to become an American SS or KGB. Looks like a pretty smart move to me.
This is very true. If nothing else, it might be a fresh start that would shake out a lot of the dead wood when it gets going. And it does seem to make a more rational chain of command for already existing agencies.
That said, is it just my imagination, or is this not getting much coverage in the media? Perhaps it was because it was announced fairly late last night and was obviously kept heavily under wraps until then. But you'd think the biggest redesign of government and defense in a half-century would stir up a little more excitement than this. Well, outside of the Freepers, that is... :-)