Roval Office

* ""A number of legal experts, some of whom are involved in the case, said evidence that has emerged publicly suggests Rove or other administration officials face potential legal threats on at least three fronts.
"The first is the unmasking of CIA official Valerie Plame, the original focus of special counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald's probe. But legal sources say there are indications the prosecutor is looking at two other areas related to the administration's handling of his investigation. One possible legal vulnerability is perjury, if officials did not testify truthfully to a federal grand jury, and another is obstructing justice, if they tried to coordinate cover stories to obscure facts."" (link)

* how many other crimes do you reckon karl has committed? how many other people do you think know about them? how many enemies do you think he has made along the way? were they too scared to come forward beforehand? now, or soon, might be a good time to get some revenge, without fear of repriasal.

* froomkin: "But here's what that makes me think: if reporters want to help get New York Times reporter Judith Miller out of jail, let's contact every conceivable person who might have been her source, and ask them (or their lawyers): if for some reason Judy Miller were in jail thinking that she's protecting you, would that be a mistake? Would you tell that to her lawyer?
Let's start with Rove, Cheney Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, deputy national security adviser Elliot Abrams, Cheney national security adviser John Hannah, counselor Dan Bartlett, press secretary Scott McClellan, former press secretary Ari Fleischer -- and every other person's name who has ever even remotely been attached to this story in the past.
What have we got to lose? Is anyone with me, or shall I get going myself."(link)

* "Mark Silva writes in the Chicago Tribune: " 'Rove is not just any White House staffer. He is the man,' said Scott Reed, a Republican consultant with close ties to the White House. 'They haven't named it the "Roval Office" at this point, but that's coming down the pike. At least they should call it the "Rove Garden." ' "" (link)
brilliant

* krug writes a scathing rove article (link)

* heres a vid of the schumer/wilson press conference. the amazing thing about it is that cnn carried it live. karl rove is so toast.

* "The inspired exaggeration of the case against Iraq, the hype about weapons of mass destruction and al Qaeda's links to Hussein, makes everything else pale in comparison. It was to protect those lies, those exaggerations, that incredible train wreck of incompetence, ideologically induced optimism and, of course, contempt for the quaint working of the democratic process, that everything else stems from. Wilson was both armed and dangerous. He claimed the truth." (link)

* josh is in awe of the NoiseMachine "The two words capture it: ferocity and nihilism, feeding off each other." he has more www.talkingpointsmemo.com

* clemons: "The real evidence of the White House abandoning Bolton will emerge when other candidates for the job begin positioning themselves in the media." link
theres certainly not a sniff of that.

* "Seen in that light, Ricky's erratic behavior suddenly starts to make more sense. If, as seems likely, the Party of God has seized total control of the Party of Capital by the time the next GOP convention rolls around, then a "balanced ticket" is likely to mean one that has both a right-wing fundamentalist Protestant and a right-wing fundamentalist Catholic on it" link
alternatively, santorum is simply batshit insane. the only problem is that most of the fucking country seems to have also caught the Dog virus.