Dan Bartlett Quotes
I had a unique circumstance in which my career was associated with George W. Bush, who went straight to the top. I went to work for him in October of 1993. So my whole identity in national politics is associated with this president, and you know, I kind of want to leave it that way. It's not tugging at me to go do the '08 cycle.
Burka, Paul. "Dan Bartlett." Texas Monthly, Sept. 2007, p. 84.
Bush’s administration was notorious for appointing wealthy young people who were ideologically consonant with Bush and not very experienced or competent themselves. Most of them were not very intellectual or well-read or well trained and had few of any accomplishments. From FEMA to the occupation of Iraq, there were massive failures of management and administrative competence and this hurt the reputation of the administration as much as Bush’s poor policy decision. See {624062} for an example.
Carter did much of his greatest work after his service as President.
Daniel Joseph Bartlett is a former Counselor to the President in the administration of George W. Bush. The position was previously held by Karen Hughes, who vacated the post in 2002. On June 1, 2007, Bartlett announced that would be leaving the White House on July 5. He was replaced by Ed Gillespie, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Virginia in 2017.
