[A Citizen Reporter]

"however, from a purely political point of view - he's not afraid to confront his opponents directly. regardless of whether we agree with what he has to say, what we think, he's not afraid to take on his enemies. our side, from a purely political point of view, could learn something from that."

Oh for corn's sake!

[oceanview]

Flame me if you must, but I stand by that.

Did you see Rumsfeld's last press conference? For the first time since the Abu Ghraib scandal broke (what is it, 5 weeks now?), he finally went toe to toe with the media - directly challenging their assertion that everything is defined as "torture". And he was effective.

That's whats missing on out side - we know the media is hurting Bush, yet I don't see the fight in him.