In Reference to My Earlier Post Re Rumsfeld

I was right. They didn't want to fire Rumsfeld before the elections because they didn't want to show that they thought things weren't going well in Iraq. They are really more worried about how their manliness/correctness will be viewed than by any other factor. They must really all have small penises.

Here, from todays New York Times article about Rove's immediate future, quote below.

Republicans on Capitol Hill said anger ran deep over Mr. Bush’s decision to announce the ouster of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld one day after the election instead of weeks before, when some say it could have kept the Senate in their party’s hands and limited Democratic gains in the House. Mr. Rove was among those at the White House who had argued that to announce Mr. Rumsfeld’s resignation before Election Day would have been tantamount to affirming criticism that the war in Iraq was failing, according to officials familiar with the deliberations.