Can Rove weather the political, legal storm?

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http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8639.shtml

By DEB RIECHMANN
May 16, 2006, 08:00


...Former White House counsel John Dean, who told prosecutors about his own role in Watergate in the 1970s, said Nixon aides who were fighting charges went through great anxiety and spent a lot of time to protect themselves during their final days.

"If Rove is operating as if nothing is going to happen, it is because he has been told nothing is going to happen," Dean said. "Otherwise, he is faking it, and others are protecting him."...

A few of Rove's friends say they think the investigation has taken an emotional toll on him, yet some of his colleagues suspect the president's poor poll ratings and the high-stakes midterm elections are weighing the adviser down more than his legal woes...

But Rove added: "We're going to be just fine in the fall elections."