This has to be tough to read in a newspaper article, even one that begins with high praise of you as the likely deputy SecSt:
Quote:
But Zoellick is not a glad-hander, friends and associates said.
During Cabinet meetings, Bush often goes around the table calling on one secretary after another by the snappy nicknames he coins for them. "When he gets to Zoellick, he just says, 'Hello, Zoellick,' " one source said. "It was very clear he didn't have the Texas touch."
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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-zoellick7jan07,1,6527556.story?coll=la-news-a_section
I love imagining W doing the Seinfeld "hellooooo
Newman" to this guy. Part of me wants to think Bush dislikes him because Zoellick is, you know, capable and book smart, but my sources on Bush's disposition are notably suspect.
