Bush looks to rally his GOP base

[struggle4progress]

After months of missteps, president seeks to steady political course
New York Times

<snip> Even after the indictment on Friday of I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Bush has no immediate plans to bring in fresh faces or fire any top aides, especially if his senior adviser and deputy chief of staff, Karl Rove, escapes being charged in the CIA leak case. The special counsel in the case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, said the investigation was continuing; Libby is expected to be arraigned here this week.

Administration officials, outside advisers to the White House and Republican strategists said that although personnel changes were likely to occur eventually, regardless of Rove's fate, they would probably be gradual and draw primarily from a pool of people already in Bush's orbit.

"I don't think you want to send a signal that this is a crisis bigger than it is," said Vin Weber, a lobbyist and former Republican congressman who is a White House ally. <snip>

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[henslee]

1. He's going to be doing prezel commercials in five years.

[gordianot]

2. Anyone notice the recent drop in gas prices?

To bad he does not have time to play President and insists on remanining pResident.

[spindrifter]

3. Could gas price drop be a present from

the right wingnut think tanks--almost all of which are heavily financed by oil and gas money. I can just imagine them calling a little executive retreat and talking about how they can through some oil on troubled waters to help Ch*ney and the Carlyle heirs.

[gordianot]

4. I agree.