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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonkie who wrote (20916)	5/6/2004 4:35:45 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Yeah, but Bush says Rummy stays....He says Rummy has done a good job...care to elaborate mr. prez? What good has dummy done?

To: zonkie who wrote (20916)	5/6/2004 4:37:51 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

A Senate Republican aide said Rumsfeld must "give the performance of his life," and show contrition. "He needs to have full disclosure of the facts, no parsing of words or displaying the usual convoluted testimony that the Senate Armed Services Committee has been accustomed to," the Republican aide said. As far as people losing their jobs goes, political storms have two phases: a dynamic phase and an equilibrium phase. The first comes right after the revelation when everything is influx and the person the line is wholly embattled. Usually, and always if the person in question is to survive, you then reach a point of equilibrium where the person's defenders find some point, some firm ground, on which they feel they can defend him. If that second stage doesn't kick in quickly the person is almost always finished. In virtually every case, what does someone in is not an abundance of critics but a lack of defenders. One thing that makes Rumsfeld more vulnerable is that he's already lost what was once a key pillar of support: hawks and neocons. Just recently, Bill Kristol and Bob Kagan wrote a piece in the Weekly Standard that all but called on Bush to fire Rumsfeld. For all these reasons it's difficult for me to see where Rumsfeld's equilibrium comes from. Yet there's an added political question. Let's say Rumsfeld resigns on Friday. The election is still six months away. And the nation is at war. So a new Defense Secretary would be needed more or less immediately. That would open up a very uncomfortable prospect for the administration. www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_05_02.php#002922

To: zonkie who wrote (20916)	5/6/2004 5:52:25 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Respond to of 81568

WHen people from your own party start to distance themselves from you it is the kiss of death. It usually happens when something was done that was so egregious that your own party can't support you anymore. It's what toppled Nixon. His own party could no longer back him. Yes, Rumsfeld will have to make his speech tomorrow the speech of his life. Even Ted Kennedy said he will wait till Rummy speaks and then decide but Nancy Pelosi is calling for his resignation. From what I am hearing Rumsfeld knew about this months ago. If the Red Cross knows it has continued then he must step down. I wish he's leave NOW but protocol has be followed.I have no love loss for Rummy.