I'm sure he'll blame his impending unemployment on Bush.
Nah, the Chronicle will give him a promotion. They've done this sort of thing before. About two years ago we discovered a secret internal memorandum to all their reporters that they accidentally posted on their website for a few moments. It outlined a year-long campaign to use their news coverage for pushing a light rail bond referendum in Houston. Part of the plan was a smear campaign against Tom DeLay for opposing the referendum. They issued a tiny retraction a couple days later and plowed right ahead with the smear campaign as if nothing had happened. The New York Times may be the slickest newspaper in the country, but the Chronicle is the trashiest.