Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rumsfeld

I've been soaking up the recent public thrashings of Donald Rumsfeld by former Generals. The response from the White House and their proxies has been disingenuous, as usual. Claiming that there are 8000 Generals and only 6 have spoken out...therefore, Rummy's the man for 7994 Generals is statistically criminal.

However, the White House is in a serious pinch here. They should have taken Rummy out in 2004 when he offered to resign. Since then, Bush has done a swan dive in the polls. Firing Rumsfeld would mean Senate confirmations of a replacement...on TV every day. As bad as the news is for Bush as it is, this would be much worse as Democrats would seek to capitalize and Republicans would seek to distance. Bush has no choice but to keep Rummy on.