Anyone flipping channels between the network morning shows this morning at 7:20 Eastern time could have witnessed the following:

ABC: In Baghdad, reporter Jeffrey Kofman encourages members of the Third Army Division to run down their commanders and Donald Rumsfeld (who apparently should resign) over failing to let them rotate out of country after a very long stay. You feel bad for the troops, but you know Peter Jennings is smiling like the Grinch on

Christmas Eve.

CBS: Political analyst Craig Crawford insists none of the President’s political problems are going away. Troops will remain in Iraq, and the economy shows no sign of major improvement. Crawford suggests maybe Bush should take his campaign treasury and put a dent in the national debt. Yuk! Yuk!

NBC: Matt Lauer interviews John Kerry. Interview includes Matt reading long paragraphs out of Kerry’s speech today denouncing Bush for endangering homeland security. So even the “hard questions” are Kerry commercials.