Karl Rove

Yeah, you guessed it. I'm going to address the Karl Rove situation, but briefly, because there's little to say.

Of course it's good that Rove's gone. In a news conference yesterday, President Bush still claims him as a very close friend. I believe that, if we judge people by their friends (as we should), this speaks for itself.

And, it's obviously quite silly to believe that Rove is leaving at this point in a desire to spend more time with his family. What no one is really asking, however, is why is he leaving now? Rove is, after all, a neocon and hardly a classic conservative. Therefore, his choices and policies always leave me a teeny bit confused. However, I can venture to guess (and I think I am correct).

Karl Rove is leaving now because it is simply getting too hot for him to hang on any longer without putting himself or the Republican party in further jeopardy.

The Bush administration is seeing an ever-increasing resentment concerning decisions and policies that Rove stands squarely behind. And, we are facing a Presidential election in the not-too-distant future. Since it doesn't benefit anyone to have Rove active in the current administration any more, he has been asked to step down. Asked, that is, not by President Bush (who doesn't have the sense) but by high-end Republicans who don't want any chance of losing the White House in the upcoming elections.

As Michelle Malkin said, it's a great pity Rove didn't step down a year ago (or more). However, it's better that he should step down now than not at all.