President Picks a Trusted Aide for Secretary

Overview & Synopsis

This article discusses the reason behind President Bush's selection of Margaret Spellings as his new secretary of education. President Bush's decision to nominate Margaret Spellings, his chief domestic-policy adviser, as the new U.S. secretary of education, signals a steady course on education policymaking from the administration. It also suggests that even with Mr. Bush's bold talk of rewriting the tax code and overhauling Social Security, education will not be put on the domestic back burner. She has a long history of working closely with Mr. Bush, going back to his first campaign for governor of Texas, and she was his education adviser when he held that office. In this article, the author presents some views from several people regarding Spellings nomination, as well as Mr. Bush's appraisal for the job that outgoing secretary Rod Paige has done at the Education Department.