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9:00 PM ET, November 8, 2006

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Associated Press:
GOP officials: Rumsfeld stepping down  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, architect of an unpopular war in Iraq, intends to resign after six stormy years at the Pentagon, Republican officials said Wednesday.  —  Officials said Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, would replace Rumsfeld.
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Think Progress:
VIDEO: Bush Admits He Lied About Rumsfeld For Political Purposes »  —  Last week, President Bush unequivocally told a group of reporters that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney would "remain with him until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee …
CNN:
Rumsfeld quitting as defense secretary  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush announced Wednesday that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down from his post.  —  "The timing is right for new leadership at the Pentagon," Bush said at the White House Wednesday afternoon.
Jim Young / MSNBC:
Bush announces Rumsfeld stepping down  —  President taps ex-CIA chief Gates to replace embattled defense secretary  —  After six years on the job, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will resign, President said Wednesday.  —  NBC VIDEO … WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld …
White House:
Press Conference by the President  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.  I say, why all the glum faces?  —  Yesterday, the people went to the polls and they cast their vote for a new direction in the House of Representatives.  And while the ballots are still being counted in the Senate …
Fox News:
DONALD RUMSFELD RESIGNING AS DEFENSE SECRETARY  —  WASHINGTON — Donald H. Rumsfeld is stepping down as defense secretary and former CIA Director Robert Gates will be nominated to take his place.  —  Rumsfeld, President Bush's sole defense secretary in six years of leadership …
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld to Step Down as Defense Secretary  —  Bush Taps Former CIA Director Robert Gates as Successor  —  President Bush today announced he is replacing Donald H. Rumsfeld as secretary of defense, saying a "fresh perspective" is needed at the Pentagon to deal with the war in Iraq.
David Stout / New York Times:
Rumsfeld Resigns as Defense Secretary After Big Election Gains for Democrats  —  Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the hard-driving and super-confident Pentagon boss who came to symbolize President Bush's controversial Iraq policy, is resigning, President Bush announced today.
Associated Press:
Bush says Rumsfeld is stepping down  —  WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stepped down as defense secretary on Wednesday, one day after midterm elections in which opposition to the war in Iraq contributed to heavy Republican losses.  —  President Bush said he would nominate Robert Gates …
MSNBC:
Democrats win control of Senate
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Blue Jersey
Washington Post:
Democrats Reclaim House; Control of Senate Pending
Discussion: Instapundit.com and INDCJournal
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
I Question The Timing, And The Sanity
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Kristin Roberts / Reuters:   Democrats' win alone won't drive Rumsfeld out
Washington Post:
Webb Claims Victory in VA Senate Race  —  Virginia Democratic Senate candidate James Webb claimed the title of "Senator-elect" today even as Republican incumbent Sen. George Allen declined to concede a race he was losing by 7,146 votes.  —  Webb advisers said he will announce members of his transition team later this afternoon.
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Democrats win House; Senate now tied  —  WASHINGTON - Democrats won a cliffhanger race in Montana on Wednesday that brought them to the brink of control of the Senate, after Americans sick of scandal and weary of war ended the Republican majority in the House.
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Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
Challenger Maintains Lead Over Sen. Burns  —  Nearly All Precincts Reporting in Montana Senate Race  —  Montana elections officials continued working today to sort out the result in a closely fought race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate, with software problems forcing …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Just A Step Forward—But What a Step!  —  Here is where we stand right now:  — National Sweep.  Democrats take the national majority in the House, Senate, Governors, and State Legislatures.  The only thing Republicans have left—Bush—still sports a sub-40% approval rating.
Daniel Freedman / It Shines For All:
U.N. Celebrates Republican Loss?  —  From the desk of Kofi Annan's spokesman: … Why is the U.N. commenting on member state elections?  We're told that this isn't normally done.  So why is the Republican loss worthy?  It's almost celebratory.  Does the U.N. think they'll get more support now?
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Netroots Victories  —  The media and the right-wing blogospehre used to brag aobut how Dailykos and MyDD candidates never won, even though they might have heard of Barack Obama, Stephanie Herseth, and Ben Chandler.  Well, welcome to our new generation of victorious netroots candidates:
Discussion: Lean Left, Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Timothy Noah / Slate:
Time To Socialize Medicine  —  HOW DEMOCRATS CAN MAKE THEMSELVES USEFUL.  —  May I put in a word for socialized medicine?  —  The Democrats have won back the House of Representatives and may also have acquired a gossamer-thin majority in the Senate.  They won by not being the party …
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  Always Look on the Bright Side of Life  —  This column is scrupulously nonpartisan, but we will bend the rules for a moment and acknowledge that last night's outcome was not what we were hoping for.  As of now, the Democrats have picked up 28 House seats, giving them at least 228 (a majority is 218).
Discussion: Gay Patriot and Daimnation!
rushlimbaugh.com:
I Feel Liberated  —  RUSH: Just to reiterate, ladies and gentlemen: "It's going to get worse before it gets better."  I'm not trying to be negative.  I'm trying to prepare you here for what is coming.  It is obvious from the president's press conference that his view is …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Proteus / Eject! Eject!:
MAKE A CHOICE  —  (SEEING THE UNSEEN is directly below this post)  —  The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life.  — Teddy Roosevelt
 
 
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An Overdue Reckoning
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Patrick Walters / Associated Press:
Specter urges GOP to re-evaluate priorities after election losses
Discussion: The Corner
Mike Allen / Time:
Hastert Will Step Down  —  Exclusive: The Speaker bows …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Wonkette
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Post Mortem  —  THIS ONE IS PRETTY EASY TO EXPLAIN.
Discussion: Hot Air, TIME and The Corner
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
What happened last night?
 

 
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