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And this is from Joe Conason’s preview of an Esquire article (which should have come out by now) on life in the White House. It quotes John DiIulio, former director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives:

“I heard many, many staff discussions but not three meaningful, substantive policy discussions. There were no actual policy white papers on domestic issues. There were, truth be told, only a couple of people in the West Wing who worried at all about policy substance and analysis … Every modern presidency moves on the fly, but on social policy and related issues, the lack of even basic policy knowledge, and the only casual interest in knowing more, was somewhat breathtaking: discussions by fairly senior people who meant Medicaid but were talking Medicare; near-instant shifts from discussing any actual policy pros and cons to discussing political communications, media strategy, et cetera …”

Mike Muegel points to the Esquire article in question. Thanks, Mike!

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