Satan to return to Hell

By Edward Copeland

In a surprise move, the dark prince Karl Rove has announced that he will resign his position as Dubya's senior political adviser and return to Texas by the end of the month.

However, give the devil his due: On the way out, he predicts Hillary Nothing-But-Ambition Clinton would take the Democratic nomination, despite being a "fatally flawed candidate."

The funniest part of the story is that it says that Chief of Staff Josh Bolten told staff members that anyone who wasn't gone by Labor Day would be expected to serve until the end of Dubya's term in "January 2007." Oh, if only that were when this national nightmare would end. Wishful thinking on whoever wrote this story's part, I suppose.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Karl Rove, U.S. President George W. Bush's senior political adviser, is to resign at the end of August, CNN has confirmed.
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 (WSJ). "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."
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Rove also fired a parting shot at the Democrats, adding that he thought Hillary Clinton - a "tough, tenacious, fatally flawed candidate" - would win the 2008 presidential nomination.

***UPDATE***
The version offered by The Washington Post offers much more detail, including Rove's proclamation that he's done with political consulting.