Darth Rove Leaving

The dark lord of politics, Karl Rove, has announced today that he is leaving the White House at the end of August.

Am I overjoyed that he’s leaving? Yes and no.

I’m glad that he’s leaving his post as the man behind the throne. When you have a position like Deputy Chief of Staff having more power and influence in the White House than the Chief of Staff, that little tidbit sounds off some serious alarm bells.

Unfortunately he’s leaving under his own terms.

He is not being fired for Plamegate or forced out from any number of political issues that have come up in the past few years. He’s not leaving under indictment or under arrest. He’s chosen when and how he will depart.

Of course his dark cloud will still haunt the White House. The Democrats in Congress will still debate over what he had a personal hand in and how it can be used against the Imperium. He will still serve as the modern-day incarnation of Rasputin and Machiavelli, only now he can sit for a bit and look at the new campaign season and see which conservative horse to back. If he can put a doofus in the White House and convince the conservatives that this doofus is nothing short of being their messiah, imagine what he can do backing someone with real ruthless ambition!