Re: Cabinet Resignations

2004-11-18 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're probably looking at different numbers but I get an average span of 48 months referencing this page: http://u-s-history.com/pages/h1409.html(14 cabinet positions held by 28 people over 96 months) You're quite right (except I count 29, not

Re: Cabinet Resignations

2004-11-18 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 04:55:58 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0599/052499t1.htm for an interesting article talking about that number for the last few Cabinets. Very interesting - stuff I hadn't heard like the effectivness of Cabinet

Cabinet Resignations

2004-11-17 Thread Doug Pensinger
I sent this last night but it doesn't seem to have shown up on the list. Try again. Gautam wrote: As an empirical point, I believe that this has been the most stable Cabinet in modern history. The average span of a Clinton Cabinet member was, IIRC, 18 months. These are shattering,

cabinet resignations - rats leaving the sinking ship?

2004-11-15 Thread Gary Nunn
That's now 6 cabinet member resignations maybe they all voted for Kerry :-) November 9, 2004 Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com: WHITE HOUSE SAYS ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT RESIGNS, COMMERCE SECRETARY DON EVANS RESIGNS November 15, 20004 Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com: REPORT:

Re: cabinet resignations - rats leaving the sinking ship?

2004-11-15 Thread Damon Agretto
Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any reference to such resignations under other presidencies? It might be misleading to think there is a major shake-up here, when in fact this is par for the course, just more publicised than normal... Damon. =

Re: cabinet resignations - rats leaving the sinking ship?

2004-11-15 Thread kerri miller
--- Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any reference to such resignations under other presidencies? It might be misleading to think there is a major shake-up here, when in fact this is par for the course, just more publicised than normal... This

Re: cabinet resignations - rats leaving the sinking ship?

2004-11-15 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's now 6 cabinet member resignations maybe they all voted for Kerry :-) As an empirical point, I believe that this has been the most stable Cabinet in modern history. The average span of a Clinton Cabinet member was, IIRC, 18 months. These are

Re: cabinet resignations - rats leaving the sinking ship?

2004-11-15 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any reference to such resignations under other presidencies? It might be misleading to think there is a major shake-up here, when in fact this is par for the course, just more publicised than normal...

Re: cabinet resignations - rats leaving the sinking ship?

2004-11-15 Thread kerri miller
--- Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any reference to such resignations under other presidencies? It might be misleading to think there is a major shake-up here, when in fact this is par for

Re: cabinet resignations - rats leaving the sinking ship?

2004-11-15 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Nov 15, 2004, at 3:57 PM, kerri miller wrote: (BTW - Clinton replaced 7 cabinent members after the '96 election, so I think Bush is par for the course) Big difference was that Clinton's Sec. of State hadn't spent much of the first four years losing every scrap of credibility he ever had. And

Re: cabinet resignations - rats leaving the sinking ship?

2004-11-15 Thread kerri miller
--- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 15, 2004, at 3:57 PM, kerri miller wrote: (BTW - Clinton replaced 7 cabinent members after the '96 election, so I think Bush is par for the course) Big difference was that Clinton's Sec. of State hadn't spent much of the first four

Re: cabinet resignations - rats leaving the sinking ship?

2004-11-15 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Nov 15, 2004, at 8:15 PM, kerri miller wrote: --- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 15, 2004, at 3:57 PM, kerri miller wrote: (BTW - Clinton replaced 7 cabinent members after the '96 election, so I think Bush is par for the course) Big difference was that Clinton's Sec. of State