Brown has gone. But he wasn’t quite “fired.” He was “reassigned.” Money quote:
Less than an hour before Brown’s removal came to light, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Brown had not resigned and the president had not asked for his resignation. McClellan did not directly answer a question about whether the president had full confidence in Brown. “We appreciate all those who are working round the clock, and that’s the way I would answer it,” he said.
Still: great news. Thanks to everyone in the blogosphere who helped raise the cry for someone competent to run the federal response to a catastrophe. You helped keep the pressure up. And it worked.
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