An interesting twist to the Rove story was reported here on our local news.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

I hadn't seen it here, and it's not yet on their website.

The reason he was leaving, as reported locally, was that he was told that he had to quit by Labor Day or stay on until the end of Bush's term.

Any other Denver DU'ers hear that? It was repeated twice on 9 news this morning. Heard it first from Suzie Wargin at 5:33 AM. (I just checked the DVR).

Don't know quite what to make of this.

:shrug: MKJ

[rfranklin]

1. Yes, that is being said by Cokie Roberts on NPR as well...

It's another smokescreen. The story was that Bush's chief of staff, Josh Bolten, made that ultimatum. Do you really believe that Bolten could tell Rove what to do?

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

3. Oh, Bolten. Thanks, the wording here was "he was told" without further elaboration.

So he was told or he decided, or whatever.

Do they just not even bother with trying to get their daily lies straight anymore? MKJ

[MonkeyFunk]

2. Yes

it's being reported that Josh Bolten told the staff that anybody working past Labor Day would be expected to stay 'til the end of the term.

Not unusual, really. A lot of staff people would naturally start looking for positions in other campaigns, and the White House doesn't want a slow leak of senior staff over the next year and a hal.

[tuvor]

4. There's video mentioning this at Crooks and Liars.

[babylonsister]

5. Yes, in the first article about Rove leaving in the WSJ,

Josh Bolton told everyone to either go, or stay.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118697458949295744.html

snip//

"I just think it's time," he says, adding that he first floated the idea of leaving to Mr. Bush a year ago. His friends confirm he had been talking about it with others even earlier. But Democrats took Congress, and he didn't want to depart on that sour note. He then thought he'd leave after the State of the Union, but the Iraq and immigration fights beckoned. Finally, Chief of Staff Josh Bolten told senior White House aides that if they stayed past a certain point, they were obliged to remain to Jan. 20, 2009.

[lazer47]

12. If the MSM reported it that way then you can bet it is a lie and misdirection

[Buzz Clik]

6. Rest assured that he'll be pissing in the political pool at an election near you.

I'd up the chlorine just in case.

[maddezmom]

7. CNN just said the same

:hi:

[freesqueeze]

8. I heard it too...

but to believe that one would have to believe Rove is subject to any rules that apply to the commoners.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

9. I'm getting the Today Show tape delay here. No mention of this, they attribute this to his "family

time" needs.

On edit, is today the first day that Rove heard about this, Bolten's, directive? One would think so, due to the abrupt nature of his departure.

MKJ

[rodeodance]

10. It is in the WSJ article- (LBN).

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

11. Thanks rd. I read it and missed it. On edit. The link I googled gave only a few

paragraphs of the article. Thanks for guiding me to a better link.

Sound bites, all.

Smoke and mirrors, again.

MKJ

on edit, read full article and corrected the location of the link.

[nashville_brook]

13. so, what's planned between now and the end-of-term that he doesn't want to be party to?

Iran?