Is Trouble Brewing in the White House?
According to Insight President Bush and Vice President Cheney have a strained relationship, and it all has to to with Iraq:
The sources said the indictment and resignation of Lewis “Scooter” Libby marked the final straw in the deterioration of relations between President Bush and Mr. Cheney. They said Bush aides expect that any trial of Mr. Libby, Mr. Cheney’s long-time chief of staff, would open a closet of skeletons regarding such issues as Iraq, the CIA and the conduct of White House aides.
“There’s a lack of trust that the president has in Cheney and it’s connected with Iraq,” a source said.
The sources said Mr. Bush has privately blamed Mr. Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for the U.S.-led war in Iraq. They said the president has told his senior aides that the vice president and defense secretary provided misleading assessments on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, as well as the capabilities of the regime of Saddam Hussein.
This story is one annonymous on top of another. So I’m taking it with a grain of salt.
Add this to Steve Clemons [via MEJ] pushing the rumor that Barbara Bush wants changes in the White House. “Watch for a lot to change right after the State of the Union address, I’ve been told,” Clemons writes.
“Bush Takes Cheney Out of the Loop on National Security”
