Bush goes on the hunt for a good lawyer
• Philip Sherwell, Hans Nichols - Sunday TelegraphMr Bush accepted the resignation of Harriet Miers, his friend and in-house counsel, after close aides persuaded him that she was not tough enough to fend off the expected Democrat onslaught over Iraq and other sensitive issues.
Ah, he has already hired a replacement, a Mr. Fred Fielding, who served as White House counsel for Ronald Reagan. A Texan, who also served Nixon as an assistant council under John Dean.