[Stefan Stackhouse]

I am afraid that Bush is just too much of a nice guy to really wield the broom and do the thorough housecleaning that is needed.

[Cachelot]

I am afraid that Bush is just too much of a nice guy to really wield the broom

Well, that may certainly be the case. But I think it's more of a question of how much he actually, legally, CAN wield the broom. I'm not really in-depth familiar with how federal/state/whatever employees are protected from being let go, but I suspect it's not as simple as saying "I want replacements for all you untrustworthy scallywags".

[Thud]

He'd rather have loyal idiots around than competent independents.