Mark Warner Calls For Rummy's Resignation
Go Mark!
Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner said in Iowa Thursday that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign, joining some other Democrats eyeing the 2008 presidential nomination.
But by saying Rumsfeld should step down, he set himself apart from other potential presidential candidates in his party, including New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack.
"The line of mistakes in this war is almost unprecedented," he told The Des Moines Register, including "the failure to make a change in the architect in Rumsfeld, with unprecedented calls for his resignation from the armed services - and those are just the public calls."
Warner made the comments at the outset of a two-day trip to Iowa, where the precinct caucuses are expected to launch the next presidential nominating cycle in less than two years.
By calling for Rumsfeld's resignation, Warner joined U.S. Sens. Evan Bayh and John Kerry, former U.S. Sen. John Edwards and retired Gen. Wesley Clark - all potential 2008 presidential candidates.
::fangirls wildly:: Oh, Mark, I do love you so.
On a related note: should Mark Warner just change his permanent address to Iowa for the next 3 years? Seriously, he's ALWAYS there!
Related: John Murtha says "Nobody can believe these guys anymore". Good for him.
Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner said in Iowa Thursday that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign, joining some other Democrats eyeing the 2008 presidential nomination.
But by saying Rumsfeld should step down, he set himself apart from other potential presidential candidates in his party, including New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack.
"The line of mistakes in this war is almost unprecedented," he told The Des Moines Register, including "the failure to make a change in the architect in Rumsfeld, with unprecedented calls for his resignation from the armed services - and those are just the public calls."
Warner made the comments at the outset of a two-day trip to Iowa, where the precinct caucuses are expected to launch the next presidential nominating cycle in less than two years.
By calling for Rumsfeld's resignation, Warner joined U.S. Sens. Evan Bayh and John Kerry, former U.S. Sen. John Edwards and retired Gen. Wesley Clark - all potential 2008 presidential candidates.
::fangirls wildly:: Oh, Mark, I do love you so.
On a related note: should Mark Warner just change his permanent address to Iowa for the next 3 years? Seriously, he's ALWAYS there!
Related: John Murtha says "Nobody can believe these guys anymore". Good for him.