Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog

ARTICLE: Doubts Run Deep on Reforms Crucial to Bush's Iraq Strategy: Even Plan's Authors Say Political, Economic Changes May Fail, By Karen DeYoung, Washington Post, February 4, 2007; Page A16

ANALYSIS: Democrats Split on How to End the War: Those Who Aren't In Congress Press Clinton and Obama, By Dan Balz, Washington Post, February 4, 2007; Page A04

ARTICLE: Vice President's Shadow Hangs Over Trial: Testimony Points Out Cheney's Role in Trying to Dampen Joseph Wilson's Criticism, By R. Jeffrey Smith and Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post, February 4, 2007; Page A05

ARTICLE: At Democrats' Meeting, Bush Appeals for Cooperation, By Michael Abramowitz and Paul Kane, Washington Post, February 4, 2007; Page A01

ARTICLE: Capitol's Newcomers Try a Little Openness: In the Name of Transparency, Two Hill Freshmen Make Their Daily Schedules Public, By Lyndsey Layton, Washington Post, February 4, 2007; Page A06

ARTICLE: U.S. Attorney Firings Set Stage for Congressional Battle, By Dan Eggen, Washington Post, February 4, 2007; Page A07

Feels like DC's in serious end-of-second-term disarray, does it not?

No fears. There is a mid-level of the bureaucracy that functions no matter the presidential fates or the Hill's crusades.

Actually, now is the best time to work with that "home alone" layer of bureaucrats. You'd be amazed at how much gets done at the end of administrations.