What will we do without Scottie? This story actually buries the lead- Rove leaving is much more important than McClellan.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House press secretary Scott McClellan announced his resignation on Wednesday and political adviser Karl Rove gave up his policy role in a shake-up of President George W. Bush's senior aides.
The moves were part of an effort by new White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten, who started his job last weekend, to help Bush rebound from sagging poll numbers and bolster American confidence in his leadership.
"I have given it my all, sir," McClellan told Bush outside the White House before a group of reporters.
One of a group of Texans brought to the White House by Bush, McClellan said he would stay on over the next two or three weeks to allow time for a transition to his successor, who has not yet been named.
Administration officials said Rove would give up his policy development duties in order to focus more on political affairs, as Republicans try to hang on to control of both houses of Congress in the November mid-term elections.
Rove, another Texas insider, has been keeping a low profile while still remaining under investigation in a special prosecutor's probe into the leak of a CIA officer's identity in 2003.
Giving up to help with the election? Didn't DeLay say something like that? Or giving up because he will be indicted soon?
Seems like he's sneaking out under the blanket of Scott's departure. Time will tell. Where are you, Mr. Fitzgerald?