Bush's herd of loyal Texas advisers continues to thin

[rodeodance]

Bush's herd of loyal Texas advisers continues to thin
Dave Montgomery | McClatchy Newspapers

last updated: August 27, 2007 08:04:36 PM

WASHINGTON — They were fiercely loyal, unfailingly disciplined and, as a unit, offered the president a comforting touchstone from his home state.

Now, Team Texas is moving ever closer to extinction. The already thinning cadre of advisers who followed George W. Bush from Austin to Washington is unraveling even further, with Alberto Gonzales and Karl Rove heading toward the door.
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They join a parade of other departed Bush insiders from Texas, including White House adviser Dan Bartlett, former Press Secretary Scott McClellan, former Federal Emergency Management Agency director Joe Allbaugh and White House lawyer Harriet Miers, who Bush briefly nominated to the Supreme Court before a conservative backlash forced him to withdraw the nomination.

Karen Hughes, one of Bush's most trusted advisers in Austin and during the early days at the White House, remains in town but is focused on her current duties as a top State Department official charged with bolstering the U.S. image abroad.

Three other vintage Bushites are still in Washington but, like Hughes, they're largely focused on their own turf: Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, the author of Bush's education initiatives in Austin; Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson, Bush's former neighbor in Dallas; and former Bush college roommate Clay Johnson, who serves as the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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"The only surprise is not that any of the Texans have left but that they stayed so long," said Mark McKinnon, a former Bush media consultant who's now the vice chairman of Public Strategies of Austin......

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[kurth]

1. They all should be sent to Dick Cheney's hunting reserve

to advise and accompany Uncle Dick...

[rodeodance]

2. naughty

[rocktivity]

3. Well, what you do expect when blind loyalty is your ONLY qualification?

It may work in the Mafia, but in public service, as Hurricane Katrina has taught us, incompetence can kill.

:headbang:
rocknation