"The market is crying uncle and something has got to give," says Oracle Investment's Laurence Isaac Balter, who has been banging the "Cook must go" drum for weeks.

    "If a stock rally hits on this rumor before earnings it will be a sign for sure."

    Now that's rich.

    UPDATE: Rocco Pendola, who blows hot and cold on Apple, weighed in to say he's been publicly lobbying for Cook's ouster in his column on The Street since last Wednesday, including a piece Monday morning that called the decision to recommend Cook as CEO the worst decision Steve Jobs ever made.