Interesting overlap of events.  The current issue of the Atlantic has a rather detailed and unflattering account of the “Rove  Presidency”.  This morning, Karl Rove announces his resignation, effective at months end. This bombshell was released by the Wall Street Journal.

Given the nature of the characters, it is hard to believe that a hundred articles like the one in The Atlantic would be enough to compell Rove to resign.  My guess is that he has been calculating a departure for some time.  The endgame of the Bush II presidency is probably not something he wants his name associated with. Rove is all about election “strategery”.  Guiding a battered ship to permanent drydock is not his gig. Rove is a builder, not a custodian.

Rove and his sort are like skittish sea otters. You try to swim up to them and they pop below the surface only to come back up in the distance.  Rove seems to breath politics. The idea that he is retired from such activity is tough to swallow. Rove is not on-air talent. He is the guy running the editing booth off-stage.