No sale.
Every President has had trouble with people he picked.
In that sense all “fell flat on their faces”.
I give Bush credit for listening to Petraeus and letting go of Rumsfeld whom he greatly admired, when the chips were down and the war was hanging in the balance and the world at home and abroad was against him.
His war leadership against all the odds and opposition has been nothing short of astounding.
Perfect?
Ain’t no such animal.
I also stated that it was a conservative thing for him to do, in answer to someone who said he was no conservative (he ran on “compassionate conservatism”, not conservatism, and we’ve seen the difference in those two things). I said he’s done SOME great, conservative things and listed them.
Done them perfectly?
Again, NOBODY ever has.
The trouble isn't "trouble with the people he picked." It is that the people he picked, across the board, are do-nothings. This cabinet has been a disaster, except Gates who isn't a Bush II / Cheney man anyway. The other do-something person has been Paulson, and let me know how you think that is working out. I live in DC and watch these guys up close and personal. They are a waste of oxygen.