Stupid Wisdom

Is the White House learning to listen?

The nomination of Henry Paulson as Treasury Secretary and the meeting of Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey Oval Office with President Bush about Iraq sure makes it look like Bush is listening. However it remains to be seen if any real policy changes emerge. Being open to different points of view has not been a strong point for this administration. In fact it is indirectly related to every negative issue that has the president’s poll numbers in the toilet. This can only help his numbers now (even though they can’t go much lower). He must be under extreme pressure with mid-terms looming and his polls so low….

WP White House opens door to dissenters - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com
Aversion to criticism appears to be fading, but to what end?