The Answer to an Economic and National Security Crisis? Hire more lawyers!

Evan Perez in the Wall Street Journal reports on the most recent person about to be run over by the Obama bus: White House counsel Gregory Craig.

White House Counsel's Job at Stake

Mr. Craig has built a White House counsel's office of formidable size, with 41 lawyers, according to the administration's most recent filings. Mr. Bush left office with about 30 lawyers in his counsel's office.

In response to earlier questions about why he had built such a large office, Mr. Craig said: "We have the best new law firm on the planet." He noted that the Obama administration faced an economic crisis and major national-security issues.

You just can't make this stuff up.