O'Neill & Lindsey (weren't they a 60's folk act?): Word had been for some time that O'Neill was Capitol Hill poison (ever-shifting positions, didn't play nice with lobbyists, didn't take advice from senators). He simply couldn't hack the public-soothing role his job required. Lindsey is/was equally brusque, and is viewed as the fall guy for whatever it is that is perceived to have gone wrong. Plus, Bush couldn't come up with a good nickname.