Rummy-o-meter

UPDATE: WEDNESDAY, NOV. 08 Just when I lost hope and took the Rummy-o-Meter off the page, the Republicans go and lose themselves an election. Rumsfeld is gone. Update, Monday 4/10 @ 8:15am Welcome to all the readers from Wonkette, Reason, and the slew of other cool blogs! The Rummy index is back on blue. Bush is scheduled to speak on the Defense Secretary's behalf today, something along the lines of "Donald Rumsfeld is really, really, really, really, really good." These are the kinds of arguments we get, regardless of the fact that this might be the worst Secretary of Defense since Secretary of War Simon Cameron screwed Lincoln over. Bush will always choose to be steadfast and willful before being responsive and wise. Rumsfeld will stay in office because Bush sees no big problem with how the campaign in Iraq is going. For the Secretary of Defense to be fired would mean his attitude and approach have been wrong, and would be admitting to other countries that we have made major mistakes. I don't believe Bush is going to do that, because the pressure on Rumsfeld is coming from liberals and people in other countries -- people who either...