All Those You Can Leave Behind

So Paul O'Neill and Lawrence Lindsey have been pushed out of the Administration for failing to turn shit into sunshine.

"Administration officials conceded in private conversations that Mr. O'Neill had first lost the confidence of the markets and then gradually of senior White House officials, especially his initial champion, Vice President Dick Cheney."

No, the markets have lost confidence in Bush, and with good reason. You'd have to be insane to think the combination of deep tax cuts and paying for an invasion of Iraq will be good for the economy.

I wonder which masochist will sign on to take the next fall for Bush's failures. And what was/will be done to ensure O'Neill and Lindsey won't go DiIulio on Bush's ass.