Subponea or No, Time for Rove to Go....

The most recent scandal to hit the Bush Administration is the firing of 8 U.S. Attorneys General. Though the timing was stupid, moronic, and questionable to say the least, I still stand by the firings. Those U.S. Attorney's serve at the pleasure of the president, and they can be fired any time he wants them fired, for any reason.

But why, oh why, does Carl Rove still have a job at the White House? Rove's tentacles (metaphoric or literal -- take your pick) have stretched into every scandal to hit this administration. Rove was even behind the off-year re-districting of the Texas congressional districts.

Rove has the subtlety of a bulldozer, and his heavy-handed tactics have earned him more enemies than friends. He has become a lightening-rod for the Bush Administration and has become a rallying point for the Democrats. Not only that, but when the advisor of the President of the United States starts becoming the focus and making more headlines than the leader of the free world, it's time to show him the door.

Congressional Democrats are going to subponea Rove over his involvement over the firing of the U.S. Attorneys. This will probably cause a Constitutional showdown between the Bush Administration and Congress. Bush will probably win this battle. But with Democrats focusing on Rove like a laser beam, Bush needs to lose this dead weight if he wants to accomplish anything before he leaves office. Subponea or no -- it's time for Rove to go.