DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOUR ASS ON THE WAY OUT



"I think that Bush needs to fire his whole economic team" -President-elect Al Gore

Looks like when Gore talks, the Bushies listen.

Byebye, Paul O'Neill. Treasury secretaries come and go. It's part of the genius of politics. Shmuck. I wouldn't spend your unplanned vacation in Rio if I were you. And trust me, Bono is not gonna call you back.

And byebye, Larry Lindsey. Hopefully you'll make a pit stop at some community college remedial math class, and learn that two minus one does not equal four.

Presidential advisers do not blame O'Neill for the economic problems, but they've long recognized that a shakeup of the economic team would help show voters that Bush is doing everything he can to improve matters.

If Bush really wants to show that he's serious about the economy, he'll replace O'Neill with either of the two Roberts, Reich or Rubin. Not bloody likely, yes, but if he has any interest at all in a second term, that might just be what he has to do.