[Kaslin]

More BS from NBC

[kjam22]

It may be BS.... but it sounds good to me :)

[SeaBiscuit]

Andrea Mitchell drips with bias.

[Minus_The_Bear]

sounds GREAT to me. Maybe now we'll actually get a State Dept. that will act in America's interests.

[Daus]

Not really BS, just spin, I would imagine. I'm not aware of many positions where you can resign 'in a few months' from now. You are either on the team or not. The media doesn't quite get it.

[cripplecreek]

Powell made it clear that he didn't intend to stick around for a full two terms a long time ago.

The writer clearly has a fantasy of writing for a Hollywood gossip rag.

[Libertarian444]

Mitchell said that Powell's replacement, Condoleezza Rice, has received a "mandate" from President Bush to "clean house" at the State Department.

WHOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KJacob]

Is she somehow implying that this is bad news? Fixing the State Department sounds great to me but then again I am a stupid "red stater".

[Ann Archy]

It's true that he wanted to stay until March....but why should he??? He wasn't even doing a decent job for Bush anymore...he needed to go....his Dept tried to get Bush defeated!!!

[Sthitch]

Same was true for Paige, he wanted to stay another year, but the White House wanted to get on with the new term.

[goldstategop]

Maybe so. Powell was too limp-wristed for my tastes. Its clear the State Department, as presently constituted, does not represent American values and interests abroad. A through house-cleaning is long overdue.

[joesnuffy]

I remember back when Powell was first being sought out by GW

He pretty much stated it didn't matter to him which administration he served

Gore or Bush

It did not seem at the time that he meant he would served honorably and give 100% regardless (though I'm sure this is his work ethic)

It seemed more as though his thinking on the matter was more in the line of '6 of one half a dozen of the other'....

IMO

[Dutchgirl]

Condoleezza Rice, has received a "mandate" from President Bush to "clean house" at the State Department.

Imagine a state department that doesn't constantly leak to the MSM...where would they go for info? Do you think they would have to actually respond the what the White House says is our foreign policy?

Who's going to tell them what to think?

[robertpaulsen]

"They needed Powell in 2000, they thought, in order to get elected,"

Yeah, now I remember the Bush-Cheney-Powell ticket.

[1Old Pro]

Whatever, Bias at NBC is expected....just as it's expected that the President has the people he wants and he sets the timetable.

[mlocher]

Mitchell said that Powell's replacement, Condoleezza Rice, has received a "mandate" from President Bush to "clean house" at the State Department.

don't know about powell being asked to leave, but it is great news that the state dept will be cleaned.

[CatoRenasci]

Even if it were true, why say so. Let Powell leave with praise and dignity, and get on with the business of state. Powell is a loyal guy and will cause problems by negative memoir/interview only if provoked. Don't shoot ourselves in the foot.

[KC_Conspirator]

Aha! Says Andrea Mitchell! Bush and Republicans using the black man for their own ends! Shameless BS!

[PISANO]

NBC=Nothing But Crap.

Just when you think the MSM could NOT be any more BIASED to the LEFT, something else happens and you realize there are NO limits to their hatred for our Military, Conservatives in general and President Bush in particular.

[UncleSamUSA]

Andrea Mitchell, the Queen of Kerry at NBC News, says "let Bush be Bush" and "Condi has a mandate to clean house" as if those were bad things.

But to all of us those are INCREDIBLY GOOD things.

LET BUSH BE BUSH !!!!

TELL CONDI to CLEAN HOUSE AT THE STATE DEPT !!!

Works for me too.

[MissAmericanPie]

Sounds good to me. For all their disagreements Powell always kept it low key, and I'm sure the administration is greatful for that. I hope Powell doesn't sully himself by airing disagreements on MSM now that he is retired.