Rove's Last Stand?

Newly revealed White House e-mails show President Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, and then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales were involved in discussions of a shakeup of U.S. attorneys before Gonzales became attorney general.

Well this certainly doesn't paint a pretty picture for Gonzales, but it's interesting to see Karl Rove's name implicated in this. Although, he's probably implicated in every White House scandal we'll see from this administration.

What's also interesting is WHEN all this occurred...January 9, 2005, when President Bush was riding high after his reelection, the Republicans had what they thought was a tight hold on both houses of Congress, and Karl Rove was the Reigning Emperor of American Politics. Rove discussed the firing of all 93 federal prosecutors at the time, which after Bush's reelection would've only created a whimper of protest. (See that's the time to do it, not the week after your party looses Congress.)

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The Justice Department later admitted that one of the eight -- H.E. "Bud" Cummins, the U.S. attorney in Little Rock, Arkansas -- was fired to make room for a former Rove aide returning from military service.

Meanwhile Rove is defending the firings, claiming the Democrats are "playing politics." You know, after seeing Dick Cheney defend the war his company is making billions in, you'd think this administration would be smarter than to defend themselves with a guy who's best buddy took over the job of one of the randomly fired prosecutors.

They just never learned do they? It's like sending a mosquito to defend malaria.

Now the question on everyone's mind...is this Rove's last stand? Has the Godfather of the Republican Party met his Waterloo? I have the popcorn popping in the microwave.