White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card resigns ~by Cliff Jones, Bureau Editor
The White House is reporting this morning that Chief of Staff Andrew Card has resigned. He is to be replaced by current Office of Management and Budget Director Joshua Bolten.
A White House plagued by low approval ratings and growing public resistance to it's policies has fielded increasing calls to shake up a stale staff and bring “new blood” into the administration. But appointing Bolten, a long time Bush insider, indicates the White House may be more interested in appearances than in bringing on new perspectives.
The move was not unanticipated, and it has even been suggested such would be used to distract the public from a lack of any fundamental shift in policy in it's wake. Commentator Fred Barnes recently recommended Card's and other's replacement, and is reported to have commented last week on Fox Television he saw Card's departure as imminent.
Card served in several capacities under the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and supported George W. Bush during the 2000 Republican National Convention. Upon Bush's election in 2000, Card left an executive position at General Motors to become White House Chief of Staff, where he had remained until today. Card's endurance has been unusually long for the office, exceeded only by Eisenhower Chief of Staff Sherman Adams' tenure.
Card has been known for his adept, deeply personal attention to a broader range of White House operations than most Chiefs of Staff. Noteably, he was instrumental in generating public perceptions, which he likened to rolling out “new products,” which paved the way for the war in Iraq. It is now known these public perceptions were predicated largely on fabrications.
A White House plagued by low approval ratings and growing public resistance to it's policies has fielded increasing calls to shake up a stale staff and bring “new blood” into the administration. But appointing Bolten, a long time Bush insider, indicates the White House may be more interested in appearances than in bringing on new perspectives.
The move was not unanticipated, and it has even been suggested such would be used to distract the public from a lack of any fundamental shift in policy in it's wake. Commentator Fred Barnes recently recommended Card's and other's replacement, and is reported to have commented last week on Fox Television he saw Card's departure as imminent.
Card served in several capacities under the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and supported George W. Bush during the 2000 Republican National Convention. Upon Bush's election in 2000, Card left an executive position at General Motors to become White House Chief of Staff, where he had remained until today. Card's endurance has been unusually long for the office, exceeded only by Eisenhower Chief of Staff Sherman Adams' tenure.
Card has been known for his adept, deeply personal attention to a broader range of White House operations than most Chiefs of Staff. Noteably, he was instrumental in generating public perceptions, which he likened to rolling out “new products,” which paved the way for the war in Iraq. It is now known these public perceptions were predicated largely on fabrications.
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