U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft in an undated file photo.

This is long overdue- why now? Did it take this long for it to sink in that this was a ridiculous conflict of interest? What does that tell us about other decisions? Will it take until the middle of next year to realize that the Iraq war was a mistake and that Hussein wasn’t behind 9/11?

The Justice Department will name a special prosecutor shortly.

In other news, Karl Rove has just resigned from his Bush administration post and is looking for a “special” job in the Washington D.C. area. Here’s hoping there’s a job opening soon, we all know how bad the job market is.