He's a man, he's a treasure trove

So I've been busy this week and haven't had the change to talk about the impending departure of Bush's Brain. And I mean his figurative Brain; his actual brain evaporated sometime during the mid 70's.

That's right, Karl "Turd Blossom" (Actual nickname!) Rove is resigning at the end of August, presumably to spend more time questiong the patriotism of his family. Rove gave a goodbye speech on Monday in which he and President Bush were both on the verge of tears. Rove because he was losing his position of power, Bush because he just realized that Rove wasn't going to be working on his reelection campaign in 2008.

The news media played this up, oh, a little too much. It's not that surprising, really, the only remaining senior member of Bush's leadership team from the beginning of his first term is Elaine Chao, but being that she's the Secretary of Labor under George Bush, her work hasn't exactly been heavy touch.

This is good news, I suppose. I think many Democrats wanted to see Karl Rove leaving the White House in handcuffs, or on a stretcher, or getting blown by Ken Mehlman, but we have to take what we can get. Personally, Rove seems like the kind of guy who likes to be in a position of power, so taking even an iota of that away makes me very, very happy.