It’s still pretty short — ten, by our count — but the list of Republicans saying Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should be gone just added a couple names.
In a televised debate last night, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) said Rumsfeld should be gone by now. “Secretary Rumsfeld offered his resignation on two separate occations to the president of the United States,” Snowe said, according to her campaign office. “The president refused. If I had been in his place I would have accepted it.”
And in Kentucky, Rep. Anne Northup (R) told the Louisville Courier-Journal yesterday, “I donât want to depend on the same team, meaning Rumsfeld.”
The two join incumbent Ohio Sen. Mike DeWine (R), Washington Senate hopeful Mike McGavick (R), New Jersey Senate hopeful Tom Kean, Jr. (R), Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH), and Rep. JoAnn Davis (R-VA), who have already said Rumsfeld should step down.
Did we miss anybody?
Update: Yes. We missed Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Hawaii Senate hopeful Cynthia Thielen (R), now a state representative. An earlier version of this post counted only seven Republicans calling for Rummy’s head.
Late Update: Here’s another — Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) said last week, “the president has to make a switch on Rumsfeld.”
