Rummy to go but no love for Joe
While I am a little surprised that Rumsfeld is stepping down, what really surprised me was the President's choice of former CIA Director Robert Gates to succeed him. Call me a cynic, but I half expected Bush to announce that Joe Lieberman would be taking over as Defense Secretary. As it stands now, control of the Senate is on a knife's edge. The Democrats have 48 seats and since it is believed that the two independents Lieberman and Sanders would caucus with the them, they essentially hold 50 seats. Virginia is yet to be decided but if it goes blue, the Dems would have the 51 seat majority they need to win control.
But if Lieberman were to except the position of Defense Secretary, he would be forced to give up his Senate seat. And guess who's duty it would then be to name a replacement? Republican governor M. Jodi Rell. So a Repub is named to replace Joe, giving the GOP 50 seats and with Cheney's tie breaking vote, the Senate would remain under GOP control.
But I guess even the Bushies realized that would have been too blatant a machination to go unnoticed.
(Conspiratorially filed at State of the Day)
But if Lieberman were to except the position of Defense Secretary, he would be forced to give up his Senate seat. And guess who's duty it would then be to name a replacement? Republican governor M. Jodi Rell. So a Repub is named to replace Joe, giving the GOP 50 seats and with Cheney's tie breaking vote, the Senate would remain under GOP control.
But I guess even the Bushies realized that would have been too blatant a machination to go unnoticed.
(Conspiratorially filed at State of the Day)
More important than Rumsfeld's departure is Webb took Virginia.
We now control the House and Senate.
Bush's party is over.
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