text: is there any connection with rumsfeld resigning and the gop losing in the election? how obvious can this administration be? the day after the election he "resigns." he was kicked out the door. i thought bush was more loyal that that.  i don't like rumsfeld, but i don't think he should be held as the scapegoat. this was referendum of the president and iraq. rumsfeld was only part of the picture. will cheny resign as well?  one can only hope. bush needs rumsfeld's replacement approved by the house and senate. he has already lost the house and even if the reps maintain the senate (unlikely it seems) it wouldn't take much for one rep to cross party lines. he needs to get someone of his choosing in prior to the "changing of the guards."