"What the caterpillar calls the end of life, wise men call a butterfly."

The seventh Bush Cabinet secretary has resigned - Tom Ridge. Way to clean house Shrub! Let's see, that makes it Attorney General John D. Ashcroft, Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans, Education Secretary Roderick R. Paige, Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham.

I just wish we could add Rumsfeld and Rice to the list!

Just a couple of observations before anyone says it's "normal" to replace your cabinet after an election. Bush campaigned on promises of consistency. Now, seven (possibly 8 if John Snow bails out) of his senior confidants have walked out the door. That's consistency!

Could it be these guys are abondoning the White House because they know Bush's second term will be scandal-ridden? There's Plame, Abu Ghraib, the new revelations about torture at Gitmo, Iraq, Halliburton, etc., etc.

Rats jumping off a sinking ship?