I just ran across this tid-bit over at The Huffington Post . According to Evans-Novak, Rove is retiring at the end of Bush's term.
I will update this as I find more information. Here is what is posted over at HuffPo.
Rove's Retirement: To little notice in the national media, Bush presidential adviser Karl Rove disclosed during a Washington speaking engagement last week that he will not return to his lifetime profession as a political consultant when he leaves the White House. Rove referred to himself as "a former political consultant" and said that he was leaving the game.
Forgive me if this has already been diaried, also forgive the brevity. There is no more information readily available at this time. Updates will follow.
Huffpo has also linked to this from U.S. News and World Report.
It's an ugly rumor, but it's spreading like wildfire: Karl Rove has lost his touch. In an amazing betrayal within a family where top political aide Rove is royalty, Bushies have been sneering at his pre-election happy talk that the gop would keep the Senate and take a slight hit in the House, both soon to be run by Democrats. And now we learn that President Bush really believed the GOP was safe, too. On the day before the elections, he asked embattled House gop leader Dennis Hastert to run for speaker again so he could guide the White House's agenda in Congress.
Stay tuned for further updates....and I will, of course, be adding my own commentary. You will not want to miss out on my startling lack of wit or substance.