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November 14, 2004
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After four years as education secretary, bringing President Bush’s signature law on education to classrooms across the nation, Rod Paige plans to leave the cabinet in the near future, administration officials said Friday.
..following the resignations of Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans earlier this week.

Is this a build up to the resignation of the only respectable figure on the cabinet, Colin Powell? It seems he has been awfully busy for a man about to leave, with a rencent trip to Asia and regular interviews ( most recently ) with Arab journalist, Powell’s agenda is now lined up with
plans to meet with the new Palestinian leaders soon.

Recently with the power of a phone call to Mexico’s left Presidential runner

Powell’s tacit seal of approval will help López Obrador undermine his critics’ assertions that he is an irresponsible leftist populist.

Powell is Bush’s man of the world, in my view it would be fitting that he eventually leave. He is too good of a man who has earned too much respect to be associated with such a crowd, but on the other hand I feel a lot more comfortable with Powell keeping an eye on Bush, its a real quagmire.



Posted by Richard T at November 14, 2004 09:09 AM | TrackBack
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Opinion or news link? Hmmmm.

As for Paige and Evans, it’s not much of a stretch to imagine why they would want to bail out of Washington and return to Texas. Heck even to Missouri in Ashcroft’s case. Oh, and the last scandal-free administration was …. I’m sorry to say that I don’t remember.

One thing that’s got the left so upset is that they sense (as do many observers) that the economy is turning, there may be a shot a resolution of the Palestinian situation, and that good things generally are on the horizon. Unfortunately, they won’t be able to claim credit for others’ work this time like Clinton did.

I suspect Powell will stay because he looks for Bush to try something bold early next year — along the lines of Nixon going to China.

Posted by: capitano [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 14, 2004 10:10 AM

i suppose i should have put this in opinion, my bad

it’s early, it’s sunday ( it is sunday right )
I haven’t had my wheaties yet

Posted by: Richard T [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 14, 2004 10:34 AM

Actually, I think most of us on the left believe that things are headed south in a hurry and it might just be a good thing that we are not in office getting blamed for it. The economy is not appreciably improved, the death of Arafat will likely strengthen the hardline Palestinians (Hamas), rather than any PA successor. Iraq is a mess that seems to be spreading from city to city with each passing day. As the man looking at the tidal wave was told, that’s not the horizon.

Posted by: rdelephant [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 14, 2004 12:05 PM

“in my view it would be fitting that he eventually leave. He is too good of a man who has earned too much respect to be associated with such a crowd.”

In my view it would be fitting that he stay. He is a good man who has earned much by being associated with such a crowd. Other administrations might not have given Powell - and Rice - this type of chance.

And yes, this was opinion :)

Posted by: Ole Eichhorn [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 14, 2004 12:18 PM

Actually, I think most of us on the left believe that things are headed south in a hurry and it might just be a good thing that we are not in office getting blamed for it.

You are certainly entitled to your opinion which I believe is wrong.

More importantly I hope you are wrong. What do you hope?

Posted by: capitano [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 14, 2004 01:40 PM

I think rd actually hopes for disasters.

Just more proof of the general indecency of the Left (which is not necessarily the same as Liberals).

Posted by: Darleen [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 14, 2004 03:21 PM

I earnestly hope my predictions are wrong, that the economy soars, that Iraq turns into a stable democracy and that the Israeli/Palestinian problem will finally be solved. The subject was not my hopes, however.

Posted by: rdelephant [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 14, 2004 04:56 PM

Breaking news on CNN — Powell’s resigning.

Posted by: Mona B. [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 15, 2004 09:45 AM

You know, it’s really pretty common for an administration to turn over cabinet secretaries in the mid-term. It’s not like everyone’s jumping ship like crazy— almost every reelected president in the modern era had a reorganized cabinet for the second half.

Posted by: gjoe [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 15, 2004 01:01 PM

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