US Treasury's Snow says serves at Bush's pleasure
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Friday that his future in the position would depend on private conversations between himself and President George W. Bush. ...
Snow said he was heartened by Bush's remarks earlier this week that Snow "has been a valuable member of my administration". "It's nice to have your boss endorse you. I appreciated that vote of confidence from the president," Snow said. He said discussions with Bush regarding his future are private conversations and wouldn't be made public.
Am I the only one who's not getting this? Why is Snow getting fired?
It's been going around for months that Snow wants out of the job. There is no policy apparatus in this Administration, everything is run by the political operation i.e. Rove. So the Sec. Treas. is just a figurehead and anyone would get sick of that.
But the way the Administration is playing this in the media, Bush is firing Snow against his will. Why?
The president seems to think the economy is doing great, and in the aggregate it is. In fact it's the only thing that is arguably going well right now. So why is Snow getting fired?
I think it's a deliberate ploy to make it look like Bush is shaking up his staff.
All sides are demanding big changes in the Administration. But Bush won't do what's necessary to regain the public's trust, he's too weak.
So when someone wants to quit, there's an opportunity to make it look like Bush is firing someone. And that is what is happening with Snow.
Why didn't they do this with Card? He's too close to the president, it's much easier to do this with an outsider like Snow.
Why isn't Rummy the one crawling around about how he serves at George's pleasure? Because Bush doesn't want to look like he's giving in to pressure. Has anyone been calling for Snow's ouster? Not that I can recall.