BREAKING: FEMA CHIEF BROWN RESIGNS

BREAKING NEWS FROM AP....

“I’m turning in my resignation today,” Brown said. “I think it’s in the best interest of the agency and the best interest of the president to do that and get the media focused on the good things that are going on, instead of me.”

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Brown, who said he last talked to Bush five or six days ago, said the resignation was his idea. He spoke on Saturday to White House chief of staff Andy Card, who did not request his departure, according to Brown.

So Brown is out. Indeed, this isn't a surprise - what is surprising is that it hadn't already happened. We certainly won't miss him and we think Chertoff, the Homeland Security secretary who thinks Louisiana "is a city", should be next.

UPDATE: Typical Bush response:

The president ducked questions about Brown's resignation. "Maybe you know something I don't know. I've been working," the president said to reporters on an inspection tour of damage in Gulfport, Miss.

Yeah, working hard to spin media coverage and get as many photo-ops as he can.