GOP Senators Spring to Defend Rumsfeld

[JI7]

NOT SO interesting that Lott and Frist are on opposite sides on this. i can see Frist being the Bush endorsed candidate for the Republican Primary.


<WASHINGTON - The Senate's top two Republicans voiced support for Donald Rumsfeld on Friday as allies of the defense secretary sought to outflank increasingly vocal GOP critics in and out of Congress.

"I am confident that Secretary Rumsfeld is fully capable of leading the Department of Defense and our military forces to victory in Iraq and the war on terror," Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said in a written statement. "Most importantly he has the confidence of his commanders in the field and our commander in chief."

Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the GOP whip, said Rumsfeld "is an excellent secretary of defense and we are fortunate to have a man of his courage and vision serving the president at this critical time."

Frist and McConnell came to Rumsfeld's defense after several days of GOP criticism aimed at the man who has steered the Pentagon during the Iraq war and its messy aftermath. More than 1,300 American troops have died since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began in 2003.

None of Rumsfeld's congressional GOP critics has yet called for his ouster. Still, they have grown increasingly outspoken in recent days, less than two weeks after White House disclosed that the president wanted the defense secretary to remain in his post into a second term.>

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/10442730.htm

[knight_of_the_star]

1. This will hurt the administration

Sad thing about it is that it takes REPUBLICANS criticizing this guy to get it into the public mind, even worse that the Democrats in the Senate aren't being more vocal in their criticism.

[blackangrydem]

5. I think Biden has jumped in, but that's about it.

I'm sure the Clinton machine is crafting Hillary's position. This is another opportunity to hone her "hawk" credentials.

[JI7]

7. actually a lot of Democrats are

but the media doesn't report on it.

[cornermouse]

2. And while all these Republicans are choosing sides and

conducting a brouhaha over Rumsfeld; what is Bush doing?

[evil genius]

6. perhaps he's eating pretzels...

[Doctor_J]

3. these phony "conflicts"

among the repukes on TV are making me :puke:. We've been living under one-party rule for 4 years, and the country is in as bad shape as it's been in 80 years. Stop photo-op'ing and get something done.

[BeFree]

8. Getting something done?

Sorry, I prefer they do nothing. NOTHING. It's great to see them squabble. In fact, what we should do is help them.

We've got a media strangling machine primed and ready, just sitting in elections forum, and here, why don't we use it to get the media to do a big hoop-de-doo, doodoo, on dumsfeld? Get his ass kicked out! Now, that would be 'getting something done'.

Somebody else start it, know one ever listens to me.....

[Arkana]

4. Captain Hair wants his pound of flesh

He got no support from the cabal during Thurmondgate and now wants a piece of them. That's all.