Crafty to the end

Karl Rove to Resign At the End of August

So The Brain is leaving to Spend More Time With His Family. Why?

The best simple answer:

He said he decided to leave after White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten told senior aides that if they stayed past Labor Day they would be obliged to remain through the end of the president's term in January 2009.

Sure. Get out while you still can. A rational move.

Or perhaps he's leaving because the next president is slated to be one of the Democratic candidates, and to make sure that the Republicans remember they're supposed to be losing this time around, he has to take himself out of the advice loop in case he accidentally tells one of them something that may help them.

Then, the more interesting theories: he's deserting the sinking ship to escape something big going down; he's doing it to facilitate something going down; he's doing it to stop something going down.

I am suspicious, all the more so because I know this is SUPPOSED to be making me suspicious and I don't want to be manipulated into suspecting what I'm SUPPOSED to suspect instead of what is really suspect. Still with me?