Chapter 3

“I’m not afraid to surround myself with strong and competent people.” Stephen Hess, Organizing the Presidency, 3rd ed., Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2002, 168–169.

“Individual commitment to a team effort …” Attributed to Coach Vince Lombardi.

“I want a flat structure …” and “gave the senior staff members a great deal of access …” McMahon interview.

“did not want someone to be chief of staff who was over-territorial …” John P. Burke, “The Bush Transition in Historical Context,” PS: Political Science and Politics, March 2002, 24.

“I hope the American people realize that a good executive …” Stephen H. Hess, Organizing the Presidency, 3rd ed. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2002, 168–169.

“permanent campaign.” Interview, September 20, 2002.

“Working in the White House should not be your first job.” Charles O. Jones, Passage to the Presidency, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1998, 106.

“Bush has tended to surround himself with people he’s taken the measure of.” Burke, “The Bush Transition in Historical Context,” 25.

“Internal communications are in turmoil.” McCall, New York Times, February 18, 2001.

“Bush speaks louder in body language than any politician I have ever seen” and “He is formidable in these informal settings.” Paul Burka, “The W. Nobody Knows,” Texas Monthly, June 1999.

“is to make sure you listen” and “If I have any genius or smarts …” Bob Woodward, Bush at War, New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002, 74.

“One of my jobs is to be provocative …” Woodward, Bush at War, 144.

“It was never clear how much he really knew …,” “This was always the rub with Bush …,” and “so vague and off-kilter it was almost wiggy.” Frank Bruni, Ambling into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush, New York: HarperCollins, 2002, 240–241, 243.