I try to avoid rumors, innuendo and general crap like that, but this was too big to pass up. The talk in D.C. today is about the possiblity of Vice President Dick Cheney resigning.

Sparked by today’s Washington Post story that suggests Vice President Cheney’s office is involved in the Plame-CIA spy link investigation, government officials and advisers passed around rumors that the vice president might step aside and that President Bush would elevate Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

“It’s certainly an interesting but I still think highly doubtful scenario,” said a Bush insider. “And if that should happen,” added the official, “there will undoubtedly be those who believe the whole thing was orchestrated – another brilliant Machiavellian move by the VP.”

Said another Bush associate of the rumor, “Yes. This is not good.” The rumor spread so fast that some Republicans by late morning were already drawing up reasons why Rice couldn’t get the job or run for president in 2008. — U.S. News & World Report

Frankly, I haven’t cared much about the Valerie Plame affair until now, which is why you haven’t read about it here. But it’s certainly looking much more interesting these days. Of course, I find anything with the potential to take down the Vice President — or even George W. Bush — interesting. So you’ll probably see more coverage of it here in future.