In Mr. Bush's case, his administration has already shown ominous signs of groupthink in its handling of Iraq and the nation's finances. By closing down dissent and centralizing power in a few hands, he is acting as if he truly believes that he and his team have a perfect track record, that they know best and that they don't need any infusion of new heavyweights.
David Gergen critiques President Bush's administration for its lack of dissent and centralization of power.
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I think a lot of Americans do see it as disqualifying. And they're worried about it.
If he had a receptive audience, and I will tell you, when everything -- when all the facts were to come out, it would be like Nixon and the tapes.
I think what we're seeing is the Aguero story just underscores how vital it is that we have a National Commission to investigate what happened on January 6th, and we cleared the air on it.
I think there ought to be a delegation of Republicans like Mitch McConnell who ought to be talking to the President.
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