Karl Rove to quit at end of August
Karl Rove, President Bush's senior political adviser, will voluntarily step down from his White House post at the end of the month, senior administration officials said Monday.I can't wait to see the reaction of the wild-eyed Democrats to this news.
"Obviously its big loss to us, said Deputy White House press secretary Dana Perino. "He is a great colleague, good friend and a brilliant mind."
Perino said Rove "wouldn't be going if he wasn't sure this is the right time to be giving more time to his family."
Rove, who has held a top position in the White House since Bush took office in January 2001, is to stand down on August 31.
"I just think it's time," Rove told the Wall Street Journal. "There's always something that can keep you here, and as much as I'd like to be here, I've got to do this for the sake of my family."
He told the newspaper that he would leave Washington to return to Texas and that he had first suggested the idea of leaving a year ago.
Rove is leaving of his own accord, and won't be frog-marched out of the White House in leg irons.
Oh, it will not be a happy day for some.
UPDATE: They cannot let go.
Dems plan to hunt Rove when he leaves
Karl Rove may be leaving the White House at the end of August, but Democrats on Capitol Hill still want to see him testify on at least one issue -- the firing last year of nine U.S. attorneys ? and possibly more.
Rove was subpoenaed by the Senate Judiciary Committee last month to testify on what he knew about the prosecutor purge, and when he knew it. Citing executive privilege, the White House refused to make Rove available for public questioning, although White House counsel Fred Fielding did offer House and Senate Democrats a chance to talk to Rove about the firings, provided it was in private, no transcript was kept and the House and Senate Judiciary committees agreed not to subpoena him or any other top aides afterward.
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