Reply #21: Don't forget that he's a real member of the inner cabinet. They need time

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to pass on his assignments and codes and responsibilities to other people to pick up. People need to be briefed. His own family (do crocodiles have families?) needs time to pak and get to grandma's house.

If you think about it, 24 hours to remove yourself from the oval office isn't much time at all. Basically, when it does happen, all traffic and communications will stop. Time itself will stop for the inner west wing. This will be paralysis. They need a little time to stabilize whatever Rove was handling to cut him loose and continue running the country.

I think this is pretty fast, personally.