  It seems that the normally well-disciplined Bush team is showing signs of crumbling under the pressure as increased media scrutiny and Democratic criticism seem to be taking their toll. Exhibit #1: During a Housed Armed Services Committee hearing, when questioned by the panel's leading Democrat, Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), about the difficulties in Iraq, Wolfowitz slammed the media accusing them of cowardice. "Frankly, part of our problem," Wolfowitz said, "is a lot of press are afraid to travel very much. So they sit in Baghdad, and they publish rumors. " The comments weren't very well received, and Wolfowitz urlLink apologized shortly thereafter.
Exhibit #2: The President's number two man fell victim to a similar if more flagrant outburst when he told Sen. Leahy (D-VT) to "fuck off" on the Senate floor. The Vermont Senator has been a vocal critic of Halliburton and has called for a congressional investigation of the Vice President and his former company's receipt of a no-bid contact. The magnanimous Leahy responded: “I think he was just having a bad day. I was kind of shocked to hear that kind of language on the floor.” I'm just waiting on Rumsfeld. 
