Some info on Josh Bolten:

[babylonsister]

http://www.slate.com/id/2058294/

No Relation No. 14: The Bush White House Edition
By Chris Suellentrop
Posted Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2001, at 6:14 PM ET

How do you tell the difference between Bush administration officials Josh Bolten and John Bolton? Both worked in the Reagan administration, both worked for Bush's dad, and both worked on Bush's legal team during the Florida recount before landing jobs with the administration. And their names sound alike. But the similarities end there:

Josh Bolten is the White House's deputy chief of staff for policy. That makes him the president's chief domestic policy adviser, and since Sept. 11 he has headed the White House's new "domestic consequences group" that has developed post-attack legislation such as the airline bailout and the stimulus package. The New Republic's Ryan Lizza calls him "increasingly powerful" and "the anonymous fourth man in the inner circle of Bush's staff" (after Andy Card, Karl Rove, and Karen Hughes). U.S. News says he has emerged after the terrorist attacks as Bush's "chief economic architect," and the Washington Post says Bolten "has a quiet hand in all domestic policy and international economic policy."

During the 2000 campaign, Bolten was Bush's policy director, and during the Florida recount he was a top lieutenant to James Baker. He worked as a lawyer in the Reagan administration's State Department, and he served as a staff attorney for the Senate Finance Committee from 1985 to 1989. In the first Bush administration, he worked as general counsel for the U.S. trade representative and as the White House's deputy assistant for legislative affairs.

Bolten is publicity-shy—the rare profile of him always mentions that he didn't want the story written—but he has received some attention for his relationship with Bo Derek. The Austin American-Statesman says the two are just friends but that the relationship has included "several briefings" and a motorcycle ride. (Bolten owns a Harley.)

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Edit to add wh site on Bolten:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/organization/office.html

[Nickster]

1. Interesting, more James Baker influence coming to the forefront.

Wonder if Poppy had anything to do with this shakeup?

[flpoljunkie]

2. Thanks for the info, babylonsister. Bo Derek?!

Will Andy Card be replacing John Snow at Treasury?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. he just replaced ANDY CARD didn't he?

which one was it though... "Bolton" was all I heard just now.

[babylonsister]

4. Josh Bolten is replacing Card; different spelling of last name, so

it's not the evil one in the UN who was put there w/o any support. :)

[0007]

5. Does he wear a hugh white mustache and have dancing

eyes like two ball bearing rolling around a pin ball machine?

Washington Post says Bolten "has a quiet hand in all domestic policy and international economic policy." The new insider for the Carlyle Group....or...er...the heavy duty..heavy hitter for the Carlye Group.

[Junkdrawer]

6. I Gogggled this pic:

http://www.house.gov/budget/projecshun03.htm

[AndyA]

7. He's just another Nazi - they all are if they serve under Bush. n/m

[fasttense]

8. Chief economic architect?

Oh God, we are in big trouble now.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Well if Mr. Bolten, is the hand behind domestic policy, then he must

be a 'compassionate conservative' and a true believer that God only cares about the rich and famous.

[DainBramaged]

10. Josh Bolten, career bureaucrat, unmarried, Harley

Occasional dates with Bo Derek. Hmmm, another "friend" of Ken Mehlman





perhaps (IMHO)? A large closet doth the White House have. Someone needs to take the door off the hinges for the Fundies to see what's inside.