remember this from August 2007:

"White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten has told senior aides that they should leave by Labor Day if they do not plan to stay until the end."

Thus the Bush Administration attempted to provide some face-saving cover for the slinking away of Rove, Gonzales and others in late summer. So, that was their stated plan: "katie bar the door! we stand together until the end, come what may..Like 300, like Masada! <insert rebel yell audio clip here>

So four months on, how's that working for the Presnit?
Not so much:

From this week: "President Bush is losing two more key aides as his presidency winds toward its end, with his chief speechwriter and lobbyist both announcing Friday that they are leaving.
Speechwriter William McGurn will be succeeded by his deputy, Marc Thiessen, a one-time speechwriter for former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Legislative affairs director Candida Wolff will be succeeded by Dan Meyer, who joined the White House lobbying team last March. He has extensive experience as a staff member in the House and Senate.
The last high-level departures from Bush's team came just two weeks ago, when his top economic adviser announced he would be leaving. National Economic Council director Al Hubbard is being replaced by his deputy, Keith Hennessey.
The list of other aides, confidants and Cabinet members who have left (recently) include press secretary Tony Snow, terrorism adviser Fran Townsend and senior adviser Dan Bartlett."

I don't think there's much net difference in the world between a Bush Administration with organizational discipline and a Bush Administartion in total disarray. Just found it amusing. A cynical person might think they're just giving the next generation of lapdogs a chance (at our peril) to pad their resumes with a short stint of service in the white house.