Okay, okay...I see what it is. When you are a leader, you should have NO dissenting opinions among any of the people who work for you. You move out (or in most cases FORCE out) those people who do not agree with every aspect of your policy. Anyone who cannot toe the line and repeat the soundbite of the day MUST go!!

Look at the history so far of this administration--Paul O'Neill, Bush's first SecTreas, disagreed with Bush's demand for tax cuts and he was asked to resign; John Ashcroft, AG, toed the line pretty well, but he was a maverick who could not be trusted to hold a press conference so he was repleced with a close personal friend of President W; now, Colin Powell, SecState, and his deputy Rich Armitage have resigned from their positions at the State Department, largely because they did not agree with Bush's foreign policy, only to be replaced with Condi Rice who could not successfully run the National Security Council but is a good 'yes-woman'. The replacement for Condi as the NSA will be Stephen Hadley, another good neo-fasci-con who many consider a Cheney lieutenant.

As I say, apparently the plan is to consolidate all power so that every decision--from foreign to domestic policy, from military to legal affairs, from economic to social planning--emanates from the White House (i.e. Karl Rove's office), or at least from the Old Executive Office Building (i.e. Dick Cheney's office)!

I have heard Bush's power structure compared to that of the Prime Minister of Britain. Bush (or Rove in his stead) can influence the Senate and House Republican leadership (and has done so on numerous occasions), and will now be able to directly influence not only the DoD but the Department of State and the CIA. We should ALL be asking questions about the direction this administration is heading, but I want each of you to pay attention to the actions from now until about next June. An 'I told you so' may be in order by then!