They said it:

From today's Meet the Press:

Gwen Ifill, PBS' "Washington Week"

Well, look at what happened in the 2004 elections and what's happened since. Congress has actually done a great deal, but they've done a great deal on the economic front. They've passed bankruptcy reform. They've passed class-action reform. "Reform" is the word that they use, but they have done a lot to benefit people economically , and people end up--before they left town, they passed a whole new raft of tax cuts which would disproportionately benefit wealthy people

David Broder, Washington Post - speaking about John Bolton and Paul Wolfowitz

Often in the second term you get second-rate appointments, and these are first-rate appointments. These are not hacks. These are real, quality people that he's been able to mobilize and bring into the administration.

posted by Quiddity at 3/20/2005 09:00:00 PM