What Happened To McClellan?
Thursday, May 29, 2008 by John Mercurio One thing’s for sure: President Bush and Scott McClellan won’t be kicking back on those rocking chairs in Texas like Bush predicted when McClellan left the White House two years ago. “I certainly don’t expect it any time soon,” the former press secretary said Thursday morning on NBC’s “Today.” Here are 10 other things we know for sure following the release of McClellan’s harsh new tell-all, “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House And Washington’s Culture of Deception.” • Bush is toxic. The consistently unpopular president says history will judge him kindly, which may be the case. But McClellan’s book diminishes any prospect that Americans will view Bush favorably before Jan. 20, 2009. The more relevant, immediate impact of Bush’s low poll numbers and lack of credibility will be felt by John McCain and other Republicans on the ballot this fall. • So is Rove. Former Bush adviser Karl Rove has drawn rave reviews as a post-Bush commentator on FOX
