As a semi-retired flack (and, as always, for what it's worth -- which is probably about what you're paying for it), here's my best guess as to why Rummy still has an office in the Pentagon this Sunday morning: The first group of images from Abu Ghraib has produced a serious, though not quite life-threatening, fever for the administration. But the next group, which, according to GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, will include photos and video depicting the rape and murder of detainees, is almost guaranteed to push the mercury right through the top of the thermometer. And since Rumsfeld's resignation is the only dose of aspirin this administration currently has in its PR bag-o-tricks, they can't afford to waste it while the patient is still stable. So look for Rummy to go as soon as the other shoe drops -- and the administration's temperature starts to spike into critical territory.

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