Today's announcement that Scott McClellan is stepping down as press secretary and that Karl Rove will see a reduced role in terms of determining policy, is welcome news. After all, McClellan has spent the last 3 plus years trying to avoid answering any questions the press asks of him (and then not answering truthfully when actually taking a question), while Rove has brought playing dirty to a new art form. However as Howard Fineman notes, shuffling the deck isn't going to save this administration; only changing policy will, and if the last 6 years have taught us anything, it is that we won't be seeing a change in policy anytime soon.

The only way a change in personnel would actually equal a change in policy would be to remove the personnel who are truly driving the policy-- the president and vice president themselves. Our campaign has frequently and consistently called for the impeachment of both Bush and Cheney and while we are happy to see anyone who's played a role in this disastrous administration lose their jobs, we are also wise enough to know that real change won't occur unless it takes place at the very top.