Sullivan tells Britain the truth?

In the Sunday Times, Andrew Sullivan writes:

... one thing I can relay from Washington. The closer you get to people who actually know [president Bush], who deal with him, who observe him, the greater the respect you hear. In a cabinet of heavy-weights, you'd expect in these tense circumstances a certain amount of grandstanding, of leaks to the press about who is really running the country, a buzz of rivalry and condescension and personal spin that is actually the norm in most administrations. But instead, you hear something rather different: that Bush really is in charge, that he has earned the deepest respect of those with far more experience than he has, that he is as steady as he is calm, as determined as he is pragmatic.

For a different perspective on who's in charge and who respects whom, see this revealing portrait as reported at busybusybusy.

posted by Quiddity at 3/24/2003 11:58:00 AM