Oh Please Let It Be So

Rich Lowery speculates that since the left and the press don't have Ashcroft to kick around anymore, they are going to narrow their sites on Rumsfeld:

If the last couple of days have made anything clear it is that Rumsfeld has replaced Ashcroft as the media/left's favorite hate figure in the Bush cabinet. The Humvee controversy is more legit than many of the Ashcroft controversies--this is NRO's take--but it still demonstrated how eager Bush critics are to beat up on their newest most-hated Bushie.

Oh man, would that be a serious tactical mistake on the part of the media/left. Where Ashcroft was a passive and uncharasmatic whipping boy who never fought back, Rumsfeld has built an entire career out of eating reporters for breakfast. I'm sure if Rumsfeld is aware of this, he would quote his boss by saying, "Bring 'em on!"