...the Turd Blossom is out. And don’t let the door hit you on the way out, pal.

But I can’t help but watch to see where he shows up next. Rove has always seemed to me to be the Zelig of the cynical right... which means that he might serve a cipher of a candidate like Fred Thompson, or even Mitt “dog lover” Romney, well.

Of course, the last time I cheered the departure of a hated administration official, the replacement wasn’t a heck of a lot better, so I need to be careful. But the gray skies seem a little brighter today.