What happens to the Bush Admin. if Rove goes ta-ta?

[FredStembottom]

Help me imagine this scenario. It is juicier and more complicated than I thought at first.

If Rove goes down, Bushco is effectively without it's CEO. What form of falling apart would commence the day after Rove cleans out his desk?

I don't see impeachment of Bush/Cheney as an immediate follow-on - maybe after the mid-terms - so what form would the disarray over the next 15 months take with a Rove-otomy having been performed?:shrug:

[davidinalameda]

1. nothing

because Rove would still be in the shadows pulling the strings

the only way to get him completely out of the way is for him to go to jail and that will never happen

[onehandle]

2. True, but there will be damage to Bush's image.

A good thing.

[bryant69]

8. There it is

Although he would claim at a sign of strength and moral rectitude. "When this administration sees a problem, it deals with it, directly and immediately."

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[bushisanidiot]

3. AWOL Bush will be visiting him in jail for conjugal purposes

heh..

[whatever4]

4. He works from home

With the best internet connection money can buy.

[peace frog]

5. We'll never see a difference

Rove will run the WH far more easily from the outside as he can manipulate without oversight and completely under the radar.

[tubbacheez]

6. I'd love to be that hopeful, but Rove would simply move deeper undercover.

To take the corporate analogy further, if a CEO or senior officer is forced out for PR reasons but still retains the trust and network of the remaining officers, he will simply exit the company, take a "golden parachute" retirement package, and quietly return a month later as a "consultant".



For us progressives, the better scenario would be if this Rove crime were traced to other crimes condoned by the Administration. It takes more than one departure to take down their entrenched network.

Now, since Rove was successfully stonewalling for 2 years but suddenly stopped, I'm wary that he has already cut a deal where investigators get an easy swing at him, but unknowingly or unknowinginly lose a chance to go after someone else or something else.

[seabeyond]

7. if rove willingly goes down, like tenet.....you know there is so

much more to the story they are hiding. i could see even rove taking this over more to come. that would be the only reason for him to ever take the fall

[Squeech]

9. Good question

My assumption is, gradual collapse. Rove's skill is in getting the base fired up and marching in lockstep. Without him around, the fissures between (for instance) the evangelicals and the corporate criminals will grow too profound to paper over.

Plus, as soon as the press corps(e) is convinced that Rove isn't infallible and the sun doesn't shine out of his ass, they won't be so keen to protect him and his sock puppet pretzeldent. Stories won't be suppressed just on his say-so. People might realize that the word "treason" has a specific meaning. It'll be a whole new ball game.

[maxsolomon]

10. karen hughes will officially take over spin control

karl will still advise from somewhere just outside the white house.

but if the MSM smells blood in the water, they may not buy any more of the catapulting. all they need to do is their jobs, and * will be hooverized.