Rove To Resign?

Rumors on Capitol Hill have it that Karl Rove is about to resign. The consensus is that it's the growing difficulty in getting a good smear to stick, with the growing number of bloggers jumping all over a meme as soon as it's out, before it can gain traction. "It used to be that you could say whatever you wanted, and before the media caught on, you were on to your next thing," said a capitol insider who wished to remain anonymous, "Nowadays your story's blown within hours. Look at 'the criminalization of politics' for example. All the usual gang was up putting it out, and bang!, the blogs immediately had them all together, spouting the the same line, and looking like a bunch of shmoes. It's that damn internet. And that damn Daily Show."

Rumor further has it that Mr. Rove, shown here performing his extraordinary rendition of Pigliocci's "Babe," is in negotiations to become "The Fourth Tenor."