You're right about the criticism. But, in all fairness, Cheney, Powell, Rice and Card are among the first few people named and they are all re-treads. Bush could have avoided this by adding a couple of new people to the mix. There's a possibility this goes to the House to be decided in early January. Well, yes and no.
Some agencies do seem to slack off, but others keep pushing ahead.
Two weeks ago, the agency issued its final ergonomics rule, and that sent business and labor groups rushing to courthouses around the country with their complaints. There's stuff going on, but people are clearly not working on a lot of new policy initiatives. I think he'll be very aware of GSA by now. More than enough. I'm interested on your perspective on the potential of Alan Greenspan being retained in the Treasury under a potential Bush administration.