Rewarding Failure

I expressed doubts yesterday that President Bush would ever fire FEMA director Michael Brown: "This is, after all, a president who rewards failure, demanding loyalty over competence," I said.

Andrew Sullivan agrees:

"I predict [Brown will] be in his job for a long, long time. This is the Bush administration. Brownie did a "heck of a job." So did Bremer, remember?"

And Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleeza Rice and Alberto Gonzales and...