Andante reports this morning about the latest news from Washington -- four more Cabinet secretaries resign.
Powell is the most prominent of four Cabinet officials whose resignations are expected to be announced Monday, sources told CNN.The others will be Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, Education Secretary Rod Paige and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, the sources said.
That brings the total of officials who won't be returning for another ride on the Bush merry-go-round to six. Still no sign of Rumsfeld stepping down, but maybe that's too much to hope for. Powell was expected, as was Ashcroft, but did anybody else expect six folks to have resigned so far?
The worst part though, is that the Bush administration continues to admit that it doesn't care much about performance and competence and all that other stuff, because the person they're offering as the likely successor to Powell? None other than NSA advisor Condi Rice.
National security adviser Condoleezza Rice is the "likely" choice to succeed Powell, a senior U.S. official told CNN.Rice is "the president's choice," and an announcement is likely this week, another senior U.S. official said.
Nice to know that we're going to continue to live in Bizzaro World for another term, between this and the Gonzales for AG suggestion. Wonder what twisted picks Shrub's going to make for Commerce and Education and Agriculture and Energy -- they'll make sense in Bizzaro World, but not here in the real one we all have to live in.
Posted by katster at November 15, 2004 09:08 AM
Rush Limbaugh? Newt Gingrich? Bozo the Clown?
(I'm sorry if you just finished or were just starting to eat...the possibilities for disaster are limitless).
Posted by: andante at November 15, 2004 01:26 PMI'm guessing Spencer Abraham is leaving to take a job in private industry, since I can't see how he could have done anything to tick off the Administration. Don't know why Paige and Veneman are out. There had been speculation on Veneman, so someone might have known something. Come to think of it, I've seen nary a blip about Administration agriculture policies, and I don't recall seeing Veneman's name before.
Rice going to State makes me wonder who the new National Security Advisor is going to be. Perle strikes me as both the leading candidate and unlikely at the same time. I seem to recall him saying some things that might have brought him into disfavour, but maybe I'm thinking of someone else. I would not be surprised if it ends up being part of the Shulsky/Bolton/Feith/Wolfowitz crew. James Woolsey is an outside possibility. He's one of the conquer-the-world types, but he was also part of the Clinton administration. For your longshot conspiracy theory, maybe this was what was promised to McCain, but less unlikely conspiracy theories give McCain the 2008 nomination, or SecDef if Rummy's out.