Colin Powell buggers off

BBC reports that Colin Powell is about to resign as secretary of State.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell has resigned but says he will stay in his post until a successor is found.

Good. And if the rumours are true, both Condoleeza Rice and John Danforth are candidates to succeed him. I like them both, Danforth more so than Rice. Danforth is doing a very good job at the UN, which is saying a lot. It must be like working in a sewage plant. He deserves a more cushy job, although attitude towards Israel is hardly any better at State than it is in the UN. But maybe Danforth could change that a little.