[ohioWfan]

The terms of any high-level termination are always dressed up for gracious public consumption

I'm not trying to be difficult, but did you see the interviews of both men? Unless you think they're both lying, it was Rumsfeld who submitted his resignation repeatedly and the President who finally accepted it.

There is no doubt that the reason for its necessity was the Democrat victory in November, for which they take full credit.

And I completely concur with your assessment of the Republican 'dillweeds.' They have been spineless and disgraceful.

And I have no doubt that the President will continue his full press offense for the next two years. He hasn't had real support in the past, and he sure isn't going to get it now........but fortunately, he doesn't care. He does what he thinks is right regardless of the opposition.

[IslandJeff]

He does what he thinks is right regardless of the opposition.

Which is what will set him apart. If only he had a little more Reagan in him (he has improved, admittedly, over the years) - and becomes able to ridicule and shout down detractors straight to the American public, he'll get what he rightly deserves.

While he's not a Legacy Chaser, hopefully he'll have one, starting with a democratic Iraq buzzing its next-door nutty Persian neighbor.