Rumsfeld's gone, Bush and Cheney are still there.

Just watched President Bush give his reasons for letting Rumsfeld go.

Something that I cannot get past, though: last week, Bush stated emphatically, in no uncertain terms, that Rumsfeld was doing a great job and he WOULD NOT BE REPLACED for the rest of Bush's term.

Yet in his press conference this morning, he said that the decision to let Rumsfeld go has been in the works for some time.

Which means that Bush OUTRIGHT LIED about Rumsfeld's replacement.

When challenged on this in the press conference, Bush said he offered his misleading statement because he "didn't want to inject the issue into the election."

My take on it? To INTENTIONALLY LIE to conceal a controversial issue because you don't want it to feed into the election is HIGHLY UNETHICAL behavior. That is information which the people have a right to know about, so as to make their electoral decisions.

Second observation today: President Bush has said he values Democrats and wants to work bipartisanly with them. But he's taking this conciliatory approach only after the Dems win the House and may win the Senate.

Where was his bipartisanship a year ago? Two years ago? On Social Security? SCOTUS Justices appointments?

It's clear that the Bush Administration, with few exceptions, has no interest in bipartisanship when they control both houses of Congress. But when forced into it, they're all smiles and sunshine.

After viscerally demonizing the Democrats in stump speech after stump speech, Bush says he's going to work with them as valued partners in governance?

Well, good luck with that.

Meanwhile, look for a Medal of Freedom for Rummy who did a heckuva job on Iraq.