Dump Condi: Bush allies in revolt over Mideast policy

Conservative national security allies of President Bush are in revolt against Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying that she is incompetent and has reversed the administration’s national security and foreign policy agenda.

The conservatives, who include Newt Gingrich, Richard Perle and leading current and former members of the Pentagon and National Security Council, have urged the president to transfer Miss Rice out of the State Department and to an advisory role. They said Miss Rice, stemming from her lack of understanding of the Middle East, has misled the president on Iran and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Maybe we need John Bolton as Secretary of State... I wonder if George Shultz would consider coming back to State. :-) Seriously, things are so out of hand in Washington that I believe everybody up there should be fired so we can start fresh.

UPDATE: Contrary to a published report, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is not plotting to have Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice transferred out of the State Department.