Democrats Target Rumsfeld

Yeah, this strategy really worked for them in the past:

US Democrats on Monday stepped up pressure on President George W. Bush to sack Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ahead of legislative elections in November. With Congress returning this week from a month-long holiday, the effort was spearheaded by US Senator Barbara Boxer, who announced plans to offer an amendment to a defense spending bill calling on the president to immediately appoint a new secretary of defense.
Her move comes as opposition Democrats expressed outrage over comments last week by Rumsfeld which compared critics of US Iraq policy to Nazi appeasers, saying they fail to understand the fascist nature of Islamic terrorism.

Kinda reminds me of the battles on the Western Front during World War One. The Allies couldn't figure out how to defeat the Germans, save for those suicidal frontal assaults against machine guns, where millions were slaughtered. They eventually won, after America entered the war, but lost their former influence and great power status. The Democrats have very little left to lose.