#9 JKB:
“Rats+ship+water?”
and

#26 Steve:
“Perhaps the staffers know that Obama’s agenda is going nowhere. Time to get out before the show crashes.”

My take exactly. Everyone with an IQ above a houseplant knows that this party’s OVER and DONE in November of ’10, and smart people aren’t in the habit of sticking around to clean up the mess and explain to the parents why their house is trashed.

Now is the time to jump ship and burrow in somewhere safe and secure.