Well you know the saying: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

We just pushed our debt limit to all time highs to avoid a default on our debt. What would that message have said?

And as far as media reports go, this move didn't come from calls from the "left", the calls came mostly from within GOP circles. Or is that left too? Sure the "left" wanted change... but they've set their goals higher: impeach Bush. Why would the "left" waste their time trying to bi(*h and moan about a chief of staff. Wouldn't Rove be a more aplicable target?

I think you're just looking for a way to make "conservatives" (whatever that means anymore) the victims here of some vast conspiracy.

Wouldn't it make more sense that even Bush is realizing some measured degree of failure within his own administration?

Thanks so much for the great news-update. You are probably correct about the reaction of the liberal press (a redundancy if there ever was one) and the Democrats (who seem to have left the middle, with a few exceptions, and taken a hard left-turn). They cannot resist any opportunity to twist something innocuous into something evil--and that says more about them than about those they slam. That's their infantile formula, and they're sticking to it.

Bravo, Mr. Bolten, for starting out on the right foot!

I apologize for going off topic, Matt, but I was wondering if you could post your thoughts about the conviction of my state's ex-governor George Ryan. I, for one, am actually HAPPY to see his conviction. I've been EXTREMELY disappointed in Illinois' Republican candidates. I was angered when Ryan unjustly commuted the sentences of Illinois' deathrow inmates. That was an aggregious miscarriage of justice for the victims and their families of all those homicidal maniacs. Now, Illinois has chosen yet another liberal RINO as the Republican candidate for governor in Judy Topinka. I'm not even sure if it's worth me going out to vote in this year's general election.

Wouldn't it make more sense that even Bush is realizing some measured degree of failure within his own administration?

No, Kid Homo, it makes sense to realize that you're an idiot, and that two-term administrations almost always make personnel changes. Working on a presidential staff is demanding and can cause burnout. You'd probably know a little bit about burnout...