| That put the president in the unusual position of officially distancing himself from his own appointee. |
| The position was then reannounced for the third time, and the political appointee applied and was selected for the position. |
| Yet because they maintain a crucial majority if voting as a bloc they can help dictate the eventual appointee. |
| This too may have its drawbacks, but at least a local appointee will have a fair knowledge of clergy and people and a sense of diocesan needs. |
| When a President's political appointee comes in to an agency and does a good job, his or her peers are frustrated when he or she leaves. |
| Civil servants can no more count on having an experienced political appointee who knows what he wants to do than a political appointee can count on inheriting bureaucrats who will help him do it. |
