Reply #16: This was mentioned in an editorial recently

[tanyev]

And, like the Democrats, the Bush administration keeps demonstrating that its bench also is not deep.

Two recent White House appointments highlight the thinness: The pool of the Bush loyalty troops is shrinking, and the naming of Michael Chertoff as head of Homeland Security and John Negroponte as director of National Intelligence are examples of the slim catches that remain.
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That he is now George W. Bush's chief briefer on intelligence matters closes the circle: It is as if the family is only talking to itself. Given the limited personnel that President Bush deals with -- people with extensive dealings with the entire Bush family -- there is something of a crime syndicate atmosphere about the entire enterprise. When there are so few to be trusted, what are they being trusted with?

http://www.suntimes.com/output/orourke/cst-edt-rour27.html