CNN.com: “U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has submitted his resignation to President Bush, a senior administration official told CNN. In addition to Powell, sources said the White House today also will announce the resignations of Education Secretary Rod Paige, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman.”

I once heard a commentator say that Powell was the best of the bunch, and he’s a hired thug. Still, I am sad to see him go – he was perhaps the most level-headed voice in the administration. And he fought for the soldiers as best he could.

What new demon will replace him, I wonder? Wolfowitz?