Why did Bush wait until after the election to announce Rumsfeld's resignation?

Question

Is this just another in a long list of failure to use good judgement?

Answer 1

To give you something to lose 5 points asking the same question over and over again?

Let it go. There are better things to worry about such as who really shot John Kennedy.

Answer 2

Basic politics. Letting Rummy go durring the election would have created an apearance of weakness, and admission of failure, that might have discouraged Republicans from going to the polls or turned some swing voters against the party.

Answer 3

Actually, it now appears he resigned before the elections of 2006.

Answer 4

the reason he waited is because if the Republicans would have held the majority.. Rumsfeld wouldn't have resigned.

Answer 5

Because if Rep's didn't get absolutely SMOKED in the 2006 election (and they did) Rummy would not of got fired...........I mean resigned!! (or what ever you want to call it, I think he got fired).

Answer 6

Don't agree about the long list but it's clear in retrospect (funny how that 20-20 hindsight works, isn't it? ;-) ) that the Reps would have been very, very, very slightly better off in the mid-terms if My Boy Donnie had left earlier. Old News. Big Deal.

Answer 7

Their philosophy is if they can trick you into voting for them then they can do whatever they want. Only the threat of being thrown out on their bums causes them to give any consideration to what the electorate wants.

Answer 8

You'd be better off asking Betty Crocker this late in the game.

Answer 9

LOL, hilarious isn't it? Now the republicans are blaming bush's idiocy on their loss of congress.

While democrats knew it was bushes idiocy all along.

Answer 10

Since when did Bush decide when Rummy was going to resign?