" announcing the resignation the very day after we took such a beating was just plain STUPID! This was in the works for months - so his resignation in the summer may have done something to save Senate control - Allen lost by less than 10,000 votes! Instead, we get this golden gift handed to the Dhims. The President should have just sent a freakin' Hallmark card! "
From your mouth to g*d's ears Amen.
announcing the resignation the very day after we took such a beating was just plain STUPID! This was in the works for months - so his resignation in the summer may have done something to save Senate control - Allen lost by less than 10,000 votes! Instead, we get this golden gift handed to the Dhims. The President should have just sent a freakin' Hallmark card! "I understand your political disappointment on this, but some have reasoned that had Bush jettisoned Rummy b4 the election, the hemorrage of conservatives could have been significant.
My own view is that Bush waited until after the election because he believed that Rumsfeld's resignation prior to the election would have accelerated risk to the well-being of our troops in Iraq. He sacrificed political expediency for the safety of our military, something Clinton would have never done.