Cut and Run

Rather than face the endless hearings as a sitting (and incredibly vulnerable) Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumseld has chosen to resign his position. I predicted this in my 11:37 entry of the big liveblogging fest last night, loudly and obnoxiously (Chervokas said it gave him a vicious headache) proclaiming that Rummy would never allow himself to submit to a grilling by a panel run by Democrats. I was absolutely certain that the arrogance of the man - the main theme of Bob Woodwards knife-in-the-back Bush post-hagriography - would cause him to see this election as a referendum on one thing - Don Rumsfeld. So now CNN's doing a standup in front of Rummy's house and a woman is singing the song that winners use to mock the losers. If Rumseld hadn't sent 2,800 of our finest to die I might find it funny. But it's hard to sing this one in dirge-like fashion. na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na...hey hey hey....goodbye.