Rick Moran at Right Wing Nut House, on the question of whether Bush's delay in firing Rumsfeld may have cost Republicans seats in Congress:

Was it out and out hubris that kept the President from firing Rumsfeld before the election? ... Did the President's stubbornness and overweening pride prevent him from appearing to give in to his political opponents before an election?

Yes.

And yes.

This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions.

(With apologies to Atrios.)