[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Beestie

Let's recall that the brain-dead moron that picked the current brain-dead moron will be the brain-dead moron to replace the outgoing brain-dead moron with a new brain-dead moron.

Yes, but the degree of scrutiny placed over the next pick would be intense. And, as we learned from Harriet Miers, the White House can change course if they are hit on the nose with a rolled up newspaper often enough. Congress still holds the purse strings to this war, and if they make it clear that they will fold up and leave unless a suitable replacement is found, than GWB would have no choice.

Congress is the White House's enabler. Except for tapping and torturing, it is still Congress that has most of the authority to prosecute a war. GWB would not be able to pick a Rumsfeld clone, which is why he has been resisting making the change, because any competent successor would tell him what a complete idiot he's been for the past three years.