April 14, 2006

One thing you won't find Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) doing this year is siding with recent Pentagon brass calling for Rumsfeld's resignation and a rethinking of our failed strategy in Iraq. In Frist's world view, Tennesseans making the ultimate sacrifice simply don't deserve that kind of leadership.

Enter Harold Ford Jr.

U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr., D-Tenn., called for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's resignation and urged President Bush to replace him with former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell.

Ford said if he were President Bush, "I would do whatever I could to persuade Powell to take the (position)."
[Ford wants Rumsfeld to quit - Leaf-Chronicle - 04-14-06]

The statement from The Ford Report:

“For the sake of our country and the safety of our troops, President Bush should accept the resignation of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld has lost the confidence of his peers, subordinates and the thousands of men and women who bravely and selflessly serve this country.”
[Ford: Rumsfeld Should Resign - The Ford Report - 04-14-06]