For an arrogant guy who has dismissed, if not ridiculed his fathers approach, this is very interesting. My own initial reaction to this "daddy's men to the rescue" situation was that these must be humbling times for Junior, but looking at his attempt to push Bolton through a lame duck Senate tells me that Bush has learned nothing from the thrashing that he just received. Even in the face of defeat and talk of finding middle ground he is still locked in pre-2006 mode. With Cheney still on board it looks as though it's going to be the same old Bush, daddy's men or not.
One by one, Daddy's wise men are coming back to rescue the struggling son.
First was James Baker, Secretary of State under Bush the elder, chosen to chair the bipartisan panel seeking a way out of the Iraq mess. Now it is the turn of Robert Gates, CIA director between 1991 and 1993. To him has fallen the toughest job of all: taking over the government department which actually runs the war.
