WASHINGTON, D.C. - After an evening of planning with key strategists and White House insiders, President Bush is expected to announce later today that he will be switching his affiliation to the Democratic party effective immediately. A White House source advised that chief strategist Karl Rove has been instrumental in devising the President’s plan to permit the administration to remain in control of the House and Senate for the remainder of his term. As part of the surprise move, several Republican senators and congressman are expected to follow suit and join the President in switching parties, which would keep Republican Congressman Dennis Hastert in place as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Rove has said to have been secretly working on the contingency plan along with White House advisers and clergy for the weeks leading up to yesterday’s election in which Democrats seemingly gained control of the U.S. House.
Upon learning of the surprise move, visibly shaken Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean threatened to take the fight over control of the House and Senate to the Supreme Court if necessary, although it is not expected that the Court would intervene in such a case.
