The Adventures of Chester: The End of the Rumsfeld Era

1:37pm: The President was just asked for metrics about his reading contest with Karl Rove. "I'm losing." "I obviously must have been working harder at the campaign than he was."

1:34pm: Here's an interesting interview with Rumsfeld by Thomas Barnett, from 2005.

1:28pm: I'll be on the Jack Riccardi Radio Show tonight, discussing this news. More on that later.

1:25pm: I predict that Bush's approval ratings will jump a few points in the next week or so.

1:21pm: I think this is a good move. If the Democrats want to subpoena Rumsfeld, they still can, but no one will care as much about what happens.

1:18pm: Bush says he didn't decide on Rummy before the election because he "didn't want to be talking about hypothetical troop levels or changes in the command structure coming down the stretch," and "I made that decision because I think it sends a bad signal to our troops that they think the commander in chief is constantly adjusting tactics and decisions based on politics."

1:16pm: Bush: "If we leave before the job is done, the country becomes more at risk."

1:11pm: Bush says he didn't want to inject a major decision about the war into the final days of the campaign. This is why he's making the announcement now.

The Rumsfeld era is over.

My bet is that Donald Rumsfeld has resigned.

UPDATE: Rumsfeld has resigned. Robert Gates is the new nominee for the Secretary of Defense.

UPDATE: Here is Gates' bio.

UPDATE: Bush: "We can overcome the temptation to divide this country between red and blue."

New updates from the top up from now on . . .

Posted by Chester on November 8, 2006 12:28 PM to The Adventures of Chester