Feinstein vs Bush- new approach or stay the course?

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My Senator, Dianne Feinstein, called for a fresh start in Iraq yesterday first by removing Sec. of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, and then by initiating a diplomatic solution in the region. This call for a more dramatic action is new for our Senator and a breathe of fresh air from her moderate, measured stance on Iraq and her questioning of the Administration's Plan or lack thereof, over the past year or so. There is no question in my mind that, unlike Senator Barbara Boxer, she hasn't needed to play to her base, as she is very well respected here in California. In my view, this pronouncement is not motivated because of wanting to appease her base. It comes from the deep conviction she has that this is the time for a fresh start in Iraq. I spent several trips seated next to her flying back and forth to Dulles Airport 6 years ago. She is smart, compassionate, studies the issues from all perspectives and is one of the brightest centrist Democrats in the Senate today, and she is a woman, all very attractive attributes. So when she says it's time for a change, it's time for a change! Between her and Sen. Joe Biden reasonable voices are raising the ante for change from the President and this Administration. However, taking notice from the President's Press Conference yesterday, their calls for a fresh approach are falling on deaf ears. The President is repeating the same mistakes he has made in the past. He is driving this business of governing into the ground, just as he drove his own oil business into bankruptcy. He "stayed the course" there too.