Josh Bolten won't be wasting any time with the Spring house-cleaning at the White House. New on
CNN this morning:
Signaling a possible shake-up among President Bush's senior advisers, the new White House chief of staff told top presidential aides Monday to expect changes that "refresh and re-energize the team." He invited anyone who is thinking of leaving before year's end to do so now.
In other words, you can resign with dignity, or I can shitcan your ass and embarrass you more than you've already embarrassed yourself.
But Bolten has Bush's full authority to make changes to the president's staff, which has had a low turnover rate, with many aides serving him for years. Bolten already has had closed door meetings with some top advisers and plans more in the coming 10 days or so to talk about their roles going forward, McClellan said.
McClellan said Bolten told the aides to expect "some changes and adjustments" after he's gone through the process of talking to the staff.
"Josh talked to us and talked about how he is assuming his new position and responsibilities during a challenging time period," McClellan said. "We remain engaged in an ongoing global war on terrorism, and that is of course our highest priority. But there are a number of other priorities that we are working to accomplish as well. And Josh talked about how this will refresh and re-energize the team and for all of us to renew our commitment as we go forward."
Emphasis mine.
My guess is that Bolten wants to get this "refreshing" done as quickly as possible, so voters have ample time to forget about it before the election.
So give us your top 3 suspects, in order of resignation. I'm guessing McClellan and Snow are in the "refreshing" mix. Who else?