Blanked Out

Many bloggers were speculating this morning that Rumsfeld would be forced to resign in light of the returns.

They were right.

How much goodwill will this earn among the new Democratic leadership? Depends on what they think of Bush’s nominee, former CIA Director Robert Gates. Here’s his Wiki bio - Gates was in the chute for Director of National Intelligence before Negroponte. Gates decided to stay at Texas A&M, hence Negroponte took the spot.

Gates is also a member of the Iraq Study Group, the much lauded group headed by James Baker and Lee Hamilton tasked to an independent assessment on the war in Iraq. Their results were planned to be released after the election. ABC just called Gates the “anti-Rumsfeld” and a disciple of Scrowcroft, who has been a vocal critic of the administration’s Iraq War policy.

I’m watching the remainder of the Bush press conference right now - he’s falling apart. I don’t think he understands that the press corp is laughing at him, not with him.

While the top headline on CNN.com is the Rumsfeld resignation, Ellison’s victory is also front page news.

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