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Bap33 says

@Vincent, I agree with you. Changes are not uncommon. I just wondered if this time was much different. I would say it is not enough different to mean anything — from what I could find and bother to read.
@marcus, my mistake. I figured you were talking about income activities.

If you think it's not enough different to mean anything (it's not, staff turnover doesn't look much different than any other presidency in the last 50 years) then why in the world did you post this? Being constantly fixated on Obama cannot be healthy for you.

ChrisLosAngeles says

Whats with the whole D vs R argumens. When you go up the chain of power you will run into huge power brokers out there (by power I’m referring to policial and monetary capital). The group of folks who don’t really care what administration you work for as long as they can be the guaranteed middle man for every deal.

I’ve been in meetings with types of this nature. Realtors look like angels compared to some of these types, who are devoid of all ethics and morality… whose standards are based solely on profit they make and power they gain.

hear hear.

Bap33,

You do know that, except for Bush's Sec. of Labor, ALL of his cabinet members resigned their jobs during his 8 years, right? Or are you just repeating BS you heard on Rush Limabugh's show?

George W. Bush's original cabinet:

Sec. of State, Colin Powell, RESIGNED

Sec. of Treasury, Paul O'Neil, FIRED (O'Neil's successor, John Snow, RESIGNED)

Sec. of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, RESIGNED

Attorney General, John Ashcroft, RESIGNED

Sec. of Interior, Gale Norton, RESIGNED

Sec. of Agriculture, Ann Veneman, RESIGNED

Sec. of COmmerce, Donald Evans, RESIGNED

Sec. of Health & Human Services, Tommy Thompson, RESIGNED

Sec. of Housing & Urban Development, Mel Martinez, RESIGNED

Sec. of Transportation, Norman Mineta, RESIGNED

Sec. of Energey, Spencer Abraham, RESIGNED

Sec. of Education, Rod Paige, RESIGNED

Sec. of Veterans' Affairs, Anthony J. Principi, RESIGNED

Sec. of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, RESIGNED

lol ... nice list, and no time of service included ... darn! We both know how much more horrible Barry's hand selections are doing in such a short time frame. Next!!

Yes, I did listen to Rush at least once in Dec, maybe once in Nov, so THAT must be what my problem is. Besides .. this post is like - old -.

marcus says

Obama has paid some verbal respect to the successes of the Reagan administration, that is administrative success not policy success. Reagan changed his cabinet and staff around quite a bit. He had 4 chiefs of staff in his two terms. Many cabinet positions had three different people over the 2 terms.
See the table :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan
I’m sure you understand that it’s customary to ask for a resignation, rather than to fire.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Woodward’s book, and the midterm elections are both factors.

...waiting for Shrekgrinch and BAP33 to give a refutation of these facts.

Signed,

Liberalist Dirty Rat