The presidency of George W. Bush veered terribly off course, and the administration was guilty of a, in his words, excessive embrace of the permanent campaign approach to governance.
Scott McClellan criticizes the Bush administration's governance style.
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There have been some that have tried to suggest that we don't have a plan. I know some congressional members of Congress have -- Democratic members of Congress have suggested that, and they are flat-out wrong.
Yes. No, I was sincere at the time. Now, looking back and reflecting on that, I have a different perspective on it.
I said what I believed to be true at the time. It was also what the president believed to be true at the time based on assurances that we were both given. And knowing what I know today, I would have never said that back then.
I asked them point-blank, 'Were you involved in this in any way?' Both assured me in unequivocal terms, no.