Bush Loyalist Clay Johnson To Be appointed At Homeland Security By President Bush

It has been reported by very senior level sources inside the administration that Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff will replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales who resigned yesterday.

The sources state that Chertoff will be replaced at Homeland Security by the Bush loyalist Clay Johnson III, who current postion is Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget.

Johnson, is inexpericed in the homeland security, as he has never previouly worked in the department, but is only a professional Bush loyalist. He will have no experience in the many responsibilities of the department, such as immigration, air travel security, and disaster response.

He is one of Bush’s oldest friends, having attended both prep school and college with the President. Johnson served as Bush’s gubernatorial chief of staff in Texas before heading up the Bush-Cheney transition team.

Bush told Johnson and his wife over lunch “I want someone whose primary interest is me — George Bush — and who doesn’t hope to parlay this into something and isn’t trying to curry favor with this one or that one,”

Will Johnson cope with the job?

Should someone have been appointed for the position with more experience but less loyalty?

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