Bush's New Chief of Staff Signals Shake-Up

[sabra]

http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2006/04/17/ap/headlines/d8h1pu900.txt

Bush's New Chief of Staff Signals Shake-Up


WASHINGTON - Signaling a possible shake-up among President Bush's senior advisers, the new White House chief of staff told top presidential aides Monday to expect changes that "refresh and re-energize the team." He invited anyone who is thinking of leaving before year's end to do so now.

Joshua Bolten, who took over the top staff job late Friday, did not ask for anyone's resignation in his first Monday morning staff meeting with the president's senior aides, presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said. No one stepped forward to say they would leave, either, McClellan said.

But Bolten has Bush's full authority to make changes to the president's staff, which has had a low turnover rate, with many aides serving him for years. Bolten already has had closed door meetings with some top advisers and plans more in the coming 10 days or so to talk about their roles going forward, McClellan said.

McClellan said Bolten told the aides to expect "some changes and adjustments"after he's gone through the process of talking to the staff.

[Atman]

1. He's going to promote Scotty McClellen to Defense Secretary

And Michael Brown to Treasury. Then Bush will give everybody Meddles of Freedom.

[scordem]

2. Somebody new always results in new staff...

Business as usual....

[goclark]

3. And who hired Joshie Boy , KKKKarl?

Same book ~ different page turner.

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. I expect Grover Norquist has a corner office all picked out

As a "close advisor" of Bush, he might as well go ahead, move in, and get it over with.

[Nickster]

5. "please anyone with pending indictments is asked to step aside before

those indictments are officially announced. Thank you for your cooperation."

[Pithy Cherub]

6. JB can shake them, but they still won't be stirred

to do the right thing on anything. Being chiefly responsible for re-energizing the BFEE is not on the path to political enlightenment. Corruption scandals still to become more visible...then calls for more re-energizing and the bush administration will then be in another freefall without parachutes. 2006 is everything now to them.

[rocktivity]

7. He's the equivalent of the office manager

with no authority over Condi, Rumsfeld, Rove, or Cheney, how much shaking up CAN he do???

:eyes:
rocknation

[wordpix2]

8. please, Fitz, let's hear the charges against Rove and Cheney. THAT would

be a shakeup.

[yellowcanine]

9. Deck chairs, Titanic............Ship is still going to sink.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

10. Bush's new chief of staff invites aides to leave before shake-up

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/17/bush.shake.up.ap/index.html

Monday, April 17, 2006; Posted: 10:31 a.m. EDT (14:31 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Signaling a possible shake-up among President Bush's senior advisers, the new White House chief of staff told top presidential aides Monday to expect changes that "refresh and re-energize the team." He invited anyone who is thinking of leaving before year's end to do so now.

Joshua Bolten, who took over the top staff job late Friday, did not ask for anyone's resignation in his first Monday morning staff meeting with the president's senior aides, presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said. No one stepped forward to say they would leave, either, McClellan said.

But Bolten has Bush's full authority to make changes to the president's staff, which has had a low turnover rate, with many aides serving him for years. Bolten already has had closed door meetings with some top advisers and plans more in the coming 10 days or so to talk about their roles going forward, McClellan said.

McClellan said Bolten told the aides to expect "some changes and adjustments"after he's gone through the process of talking to the staff.

[mark11727]

11. I sense a load of tell-all books just in time for stocking-stuffers!

Never piss off the underlings who know where all the bodies are buried...

[mike_c]

12. yep-- I wonder if the likelihood of being pushed out the door...

...is inversely correlated with knowledge about where the bodies are buried.

[VegasWolf]

13. In that case, nobody will be forced out! nt

[cliss]

15. You know the old saying...

Never leave a man with nothing.

Because if he's got nothing to lose, he's liable to do anything.

[gatlingforme]

17. Yeah, I can't wait. a Stephenopolous Day for Bush

[formercia]

14. As the Bunker Burns

New daytime sitcom.

[katty]

16. ...it's going to get worse, so if you want to leave, go now!

[LetsGoMurphys]

18. And by shake up you mean

nuke Iran?

[Thor_MN]

20. I'm guessing hand jobs, to refresh and reenergize.

[ronnykmarshall]

19. Here's a preview of the "refreshing changes"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWQK9xKEND4