Told ya so...

Not that I really want to be right about this...

If you think Bush was dangerous with the echo-chamber he had set up from 2000 to now, you ain't seen nothing yet: with Goss, Rice, and Gonzales, Bush is quickly unveiling Super MegaMan Echo-Chamber 2004 (now with 40% more "Yessirs!"). Spelling is the next up to bat, and in the hole is Stephen Hadley. Safire had this to say about Hadley:

Her deputy, Stephen Hadley, now moving up to replace her and well regarded by Cheney, is more apparatchik than geostrategist. Though he will immediately be lionized by media seeking a source, he is not yet a player, and will find it difficult going up against his old boss, or Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz, or Cheney.

Ummm... hey Bill: that's the whole point of this exercise. Nobody is supposed to dissent or present opposing views. It is winner-take all, and by "winner" I mean "Cheney."