The high cost of loyality 

More importantly, in this instance and others occurring almost daily now, it has become increasingly obvious that with all his problems President Bush is being ill served by the likes of Rove and a variety of others who are the constant targets of the president’s political detractors. Rove, whose (like it or not ) genius elected Bush twice, should have left the White House after his 2004 success for no other reason than to save his boss from the painful ricochets. Winning in this burg can be unforgivable, particularly if you’re not supposed to and you don’t happen to be one of those drawing room liberal insiders and their West Coast pals who never seem to leave town.

Be that as it may, the fault lies with Bush himself and his stubborn loyalty to his good old boy pals.