Card shuffling.(Up Front)(Andy Card appointed at Office of Management)(Josh Bolten appointed at White House chief of staff)(Brief article)

IT'S A SEASON OF "STAFF SHAKE-UPS" AND "NEW DIRECtions" at the beleaguered Bush White House. In late March, Bush announced the replacement of Andy Card with Office of Management and Budget Director Josh Bolten as White House chief of staff. This has prompted speculation of further retirements to come, centered particularly on Treasury Secretary John Snow and the White House's hapless press secretary, Scott McClellan.

There's a quality of unreality to recent press obsession with these changes--they not only amount to a faux shake-up, but are perversely ...

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