Failure to Launch: Bush Blames Staff Then Can’t Leave White House

After Bush Dismisses McLellan and Demotes Rove, Bush’s Entire Agenda is Grounded

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released the following statement on the latest White House staff shake-up; the departure of Scott McLellan and demotion of Karl Rove.

“Bush’s biggest problem isn’t his staff, it’s his leadership that has brought us record deficits, sky-high gas prices, mismanagement in Iraq and New Orleans and a nation that can no longer trust its White House,” said Bill Burton, communications director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.