Bush's future depends on his hunger and his passion. It is petty, demeaning and shameful – to Bush and to the presidency. He has to show that holding the presidency meansĪbsent that passion and in a leadership vacuum, his staff will continue the embarrassing spectacle of infighting, jockeying and leaking. He should be seizing the moment! If he wants to be the inheritor of the Ronald Reagan mantle, then he should grab the White House podium and Why has this man – holding the single best job on Planet Earth from which to bring positive change for millions of people – appeared so 'transparent'? Why – other than on the tax cut – has he seemed so passive, so distant, so removed – so uninterested? Bush going to assert himself and take charge? But all of this happening just 4 ½ months into a new presidency is disturbing. Yes, to those who question the poll ratings, G.W. Or is something more complex going on here?Īre the president’s parents and closest friends seeing the deteriorating poll ratings and trying to place blame on a scapegoat?
Is she trying to become the top White House aide? Is it that Karen Hughes is merely fighting Karl Rove? Bush – and inherently criticizing other White House staff for their eagerness to veto the Patients' Bill of Rights.Ħ) In a story over on the left of this page – in our Inside Cover section – another careful leak: that longtime Bush aide Mary Matalin is on the 'outs' in this Bush White House. In this 'leak' Rove is made to look bad for leaking allegedly false information about John McCain having brain cancer.Ĥ) In Newsweek's cover story on stem cell research, it is said that Bush has prohibited Rove from talking to the press until the stem cell issue has been resolved.ĥ) This week's Time magazine has a Hughes-leaked story praising her image massaging for G.W. First there was the story about Karl Rove meeting with executives from Intel CorporationĢ) Then came a similar story last week about Rove also participating in meetings to formulate the Bush energy plan – alsoģ) This week another carefully placed story in the "Periscope" section of Newsweek about Rove and Karen Hughes. Bush had better take control – soon – or his presidency will be imperiled.ġ) In the past two weeks there have been a series of carefully orchestrated leaks to the media about various senior White House aides. The jockeying for pre-eminence is very transparent. The senior White House staff is feuding, leaking and going for each other’s jugulars.
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