GOP insiders believe that Rove will leave after the first of the year

[sabra]

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/061022/30whitehouse.htm

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Could Be Exit Stage Left for the Architect

A big topic among White House insiders as the midterm elections approach is the fate of top political aide Karl Rove if the Republicans lose control of the House or Senate. The consensus is that Rove's image will suffer, big time. "He will be taken a lot less seriously," a senior Republican strategist and informal White House adviser says. Indeed, some insiders believe that Rove will leave after the first of the year. Rove was nicknamed "the architect" by President Bush because he built the winning strategy in the last two presidential elections. But his luster is dimming in the GOP as the party's prospects for the elections look more and more bleak while Bush stubbornly holds course.

[williesgirl]

1. I hope he goes straight to hell where he belongs - recommended

[catmandu57]

9. I hope he goes to jail first

Then hell can have him.

[SouthernBelle82]

12. I want him

at the Hague with the rest of them.

[geiger]

2. He will simply go to work on someone elses campaign

his usefulness will be done for bushie, that is all.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. Jeb's in '08 ?

:puke:

[AlinPA]

3. I doubt that he will leave. He controls too much of Bush**'s "policies",

and Bush** owes him his presidency. Besides, who would tell Bush** what to say and what to do every day?

[acmavm]

5. I agree with you. They're just trying to tidy up the party just

before the elections and they're just sweeping KKKarl under the rug. He's not really going out in the trash.

If there were any justice in the world (which if you look around THERE ISN'T) he'd be doing more than 'leaving'. It would involve a very high bail.

[Critters2]

16. My thoughts exactly. He's Bush's brain. Literally. nt

[librechik]

6. don't stick around for our sake, Karl

Go. Now. Don't look back. Take your passport. Try for a country with no extradition.

[Norquist Nemesis]

7. I think it will be before the first of next year

Perhaps even the end of October announce his resignation and he stays on till the end of election week. His service to Bush is over after Nov. 7th, no matter which way the chips fall.

It would also free him up to start working on strategy for the 2008 pick. Watch for the same M.O. and keep an eye out for Ms. Change the Perception of the US Ambassador rears her ugly head.

[phoebe]

19. there's always Carlisle Group/lobbying/Baker Botts Law, etc.etc.

n/t

[saltpoint]

8. And mind the screen door on your way out, you nihilist thug.

[kestrel91316]

10. SS won't be protecting his sorry a - - either, lol.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

11. So, will he remembered as the Architect or the Accident?

[Hav]

13. .

How much money did he raise this year? Was it more than 10 million? Yeah, he surely won't be thrown out. The Repubs always rely on utter scum like him.

[yellowcanine]

14. So will they bring back Karen Hugh to pinch hit for Rover? That would be

fun.

[Missy Vixen]

15. Adjusting the fit of my tinfoil hat

The Libby trial starts jury selection January 16th. This may have something to do with the "resignation".

Julie

[WI_DEM]

17. Rove has not had a winning strategy in the last two pres. elections

he just knows how to steal.

[dkos refugee]

18. How much do you love Karl Rove?

Learn how to decode Rovish today!

Here is a detailed analysis of one of Rove's latest speeches:

http://anythingexceptthetruth.blogspot.com/2006/10/rovian-dilemma.html

[Hubert Flottz]

20. Will they just flush him or what?

[ourbluenation]

21. Bush will be lost without him. Good.

[emulatorloo]

22. Yep -- He has to start working on John McCain's 2008 campaign

He will be too busy to help lame duck Bush.

Or maybe Abramoff is spilling the beans on all the perks he gave Karl.

[Hubert Flottz]

23. The PNAC point man to the Southern White House in Paraguay...

Paving the way for the transfer of the American treasury, to the sunny south of the border. Bush will live HIGH on the South American Dope and Booze and we're all buying.