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 WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's spokesman defended the White House staff Wednesday as "a smart, capable and experienced team" in the face of rising complaints from Republicans about administration mistakes.
White House press secretary Scott McClellan said he was "tired of some of the questions" about whether Bush is going to replace some senior advisers. "The president has a great team and he appreciates the job that they're doing," McClellan said.
Republicans are nervous about Bush's declining approval ratings and a string of White House woes. They include the administration's fumbled handling of Hurricane Katrina; an uproar over a secret eavesdropping program; unhappiness about Iraq; opposition to the now-abandoned Dubai ports deal; the failed nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, and Bush's failure to achieve the centerpiece of his domestic agenda, an overhaul of Social Security.
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