] If confirmed by the Senate, Bolten, 48, would succeed
] Mitch Daniels,

This is basic boilerplate off the AP wire, But let me see if I understand this. W has lost, an SEC chair, OMB, Treasury, Spokesman, Political Director, head of EPA, and Tommy Franks who ran Iraq II is retiring. Some of these people left under a cloud of scandal (Harvey Pitt) ineptitude (O'Neil in Time with Bono sealed his fate) and most recently protest (Whitman).

I'm starting to wish W was screwing his interns. He'd have less time to do damage in.