The moonbats are inconsolable this morning, as their dreams of a frog march Fitzmas vanish in the reality-based mist: Rove won’t be charged in CIA leak case.

WASHINGTON - Top White House aide Karl Rove has been told by prosecutors he won’t be charged with any crimes in the investigation into the leak of a CIA officer’s identity, his lawyer said Tuesday, lifting a heavy burden from one of President Bush’s most trusted advisers.

Attorney Robert Luskin said that special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald informed him of the decision on Monday, ending months of speculation about the fate of Rove, the architect of Bush’s 2004 re-election now focused on stopping Democrats from capturing the House or Senate in this November’s elections.

Mark Coffey has collected the reactions of the Nutroots, who are either weeping and gnashing their teeth or doing their best to pretend it isn’t happening: Top Ten (Themed!) ‘Progressive’ Reactions To The End of Fitzmas.