The Cheney shooting incident shows that he, and not Bush, is in charge of the White House

If ever there were an incident that showed who's really in charge of the White House it's this.

Bush is told an hour after the shooting, and isn't even informed that Cheney was the shooter.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan isn't even told until the next day that Cheney was the shooter.

How do you not tell your boss that his VP is involved? How does Cheney's staff, who are supposedly lower down on the totem pole than Scott McClellan, not inform the White House spokesman of the fact that the VP just nearly killed someone?

Bush and McClellan weren't told because they're not in charge, they're not in the loop, and no one apparently even thinks of including them in the loop when the going gets tough.

In some ways, this exonerates Bush for so many of the administration's scandals - how can he be guilty when he probably wasn't even at the switch? But at the same time, it's obviously distressing to know that we elected one man president and the other has assumed the job.