White House Press Secretary Scott McCmellan announces his resignation

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Originally Posted by RawAlex

Before and during the Iraq war, the number of Americans supporting Bush's actions were HUGE... off the scale for the most part. Now 50% plus want him impeached if lies about going to Iraq are revealed (and many already have, IMHO).

This really is significant. A big part of why Bush was re elected was the troops. Voting out a president during war expresses a lack of support for the troops, and nobody wants to do that.