Is it because of something we said?

Or is it because Cheney said whoever is left is supporting my war with Iran?

Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) is not running again.

Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) is not seeking reelection.

Rep. Ray LaHood of Peoria is not seeking an eighth term in 2008.

Tony Snow is leaving citing money reasons.

Think Progress has a list of the brain drain:

- White House Senior Political Adviser Karl Rove
- White House Counselor Dan Bartlett
- White House Budget Director Rob Portman
- White House Counsel Harriet Miers
- White House Political Director Sara Taylor
- White House Director of Strategic Initiatives Pete Wehner
- White House Deputy National Security Adviser J.D. Crouch
- Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty
- Acting Associate Attorney General William Mercer
- Justice Department White House liaison Monica Goodling
- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
- Army Secretary Francis Harvey
- Joint Chief of Staffs Chairman Peter Pace
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson
- U.N. Ambassador John Bolton
- USAID Director Randall Tobias

Update: Tengrain of Mock, Paper, Scissors has pics.