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Originally posted by Gattigap
By any standard of performance in the Reality-Based Community, I can't disagree -- Rumsfeld would be gone.
Don't forget, however, that:
(1) Rummy is a principal architect of our current Iraq policy, and much of the rest of our foreign policy, such as it is. GWB, for this reason, together with his general reluctance to discard anyone in the Administration other than those who blurt out uncomfortable truths, is somewhat beholden to him now, as letting him go would admit much that Bush would not want to admit.
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Rummy hangs on for a little while in the hopes there's something in Iraq that lets him say mission accomplished.
Powell, meanwhile, goes quickly.
I'd guess Ashcroft sticks around until the Rehnquist situation clears up, which for political reasons gives Bush some options on appointments--he can appoint an AG as a sop to the wing of the party that doesn't get the Chief choice. (e.g., Giuliani to placate the nomination of Jones/Gonzales/Luttig/Alito)
