Quinn is one piece of work I must tell you, but emblematic of all the Beltway Media. They thought these things for years. And things like this:

In any event, Cheney is low-profile, secretive, nonconfrontational -- and presumably too experienced to allow himself to be easily made the scapegoat. But if Rumsfeld goes, the attention and criticism can be directed only to Cheney, or to Bush.

Seriously now, she thinks Darth Cheney is not detested by the entire country? Maybe not at her coktail parties in Georgetown, but the rest of the country? Cheney's approval ratings are in the 20s, lower than Nixon ever was.

But this is the laugh out loud part, get how Rummy is gonna rehabiliate himself:

I suspect that he has already told the president and Cheney that he will leave after the midterm elections, saying that the country needs new leadership to wind down the war. And he will resign to take a job in some sort of humanitarian venture, thereby creating the perception that he is a caring person who left of his own accord to devote the rest of his life to good works.

I am sorry, "devote the rest of his life to good works?" Yeah that'll do the trick. For crissakes.

And that ladies and gentlemen, is our Queen of the Beltway Media. You may shudder now.