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Now this is some good Rove news.

Apparently Fitzgerald convened the grand jury this morning. Robert Luskin (Rove's attorney) is no longer claiming that Rove will not be a target of Fitzgerald's investigation.

These developments put the recent White House personel shifts in a new light.

Maybe McClellan's departure was announced early to cloud the motivation behind Rove's reassignment. I say McClellan's announcement was early as I find it odd that there was no replacement announced at the time. Two days later there is still no replacement.

This is all conjecture, and maybe they just want Rove to focus on 2006. I'm sure that's the case, but that may not be all there is to it.

The McClellan departure definitely feels rushed to me, paired with the Rove shift and the Fitzgerald grand jury news, and they may be in more trouble than we thought.

We know this White House doesn't like to change anything until they absolutely have to.

Before long, Rove may have to scale back his midterm election duties to focus on staying out of prison.