WHITE HOUSE RAPID RESPONSE

A REMINDER to those who may have forgotten. [story]  Karl Rove is COVERING HIS A$$ fully cooperating with Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald in the Valerie Plame BULL$H*T matter.  Rove looks forward to being INDICTED cleared.

IT IS VERY CLEAR INDEED [Firedog Lake] It is damned hard to keep up with all the "leaking" being done on behalf of the various TraitorGate players. If discretion is the better part of valor, it is yet another indication we are not dealing with a very brave bunch.

NOW POP THIS [Just One Minute] My pop psychology is weak - I am either blocking, or in denial, so I can't quite say it, but... if I were a Republican strategist paid to have contingency plans, I would start thinking to the day when Fitzgerald announces the indictment of Karl Rove.  It may not happen, but hope is not a plan.

HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT [Steve Soto/ Left Coasters] On a day when Bush’s approval rating hit a new low of 37% in a CBS News poll, with 59% now wanting our troops out of Iraq immediately, the New York Times is reporting in its Friday edition that Patrick Fitzgerald wants to re-interview several White House officials as well as Judy Kneepads to help him determine where to drop the hammer.

And to make matters worse, confirming what blogger Mark Kleiman said weeks ago, Fitzgerald is not just looking at perjury or obstruction charges.  He’s going for the grand slam

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