"Simply rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." This was Sen. Charles Schumer's assessment of the announcement that White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card is set to resign from the post he has held since the beginning of the Bush administration, nearly three times longer than the average chief of staff. Card will be replaced, as of April 14th, with Budget Director Joshua Bolten.

Mr. Bolten, a former investment banker for Goldman Sachs, is yet another long-time Bush family friend, having been the policy director for George W.'s first presidential campaign. It seems, like Harriet Miers redux, that Mr. Bush is simply unable to distinguish between familiarity and the skill set required for a particular assignment.

The president is certainly feeling the heat, from his own party in particular, as midterm elections loom and his approval rating sinks to an all-time low of 37 percent, with only 74% approval among Republicans. Lacking good news from Iraq to stand behind, still attempting to maintain distance from the Vice President, and desperate to distract the press from the proceedings of the Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld challenge to his unconstitutional military tribunals, Mr. Bush's hand is not looking good. In an attempt to present the image of a significant shake-up of the White House staff, Bush is letting go of one under-qualified loyalist and replacing him with another.