Dick and Dubya call a meeting with their top assistants...

[kentuck]

Dubya - "Karl said I should call everyone together to make sure we are all singing from the same songsheet. We are not going to surrender anyone to the wolves. We will stand behind each of you. Do not let them intimidate you.

Dick - "Yes, we won't give them anything. We don't volunteer information. In the old parlance of yesterday, we stonewall. As Dubya said, we are all goin to hang together on this..."

Karl - "But what about me and Scooter? What do we say? It's our word against Tim Russert. Who are the people going to believe? They smell blood in the water and unfortunately, it's the blood of me and Scooter..."

Mary Matalin - " And what if they start asking questions about the WHIG group which has been mentioned a couple of times already? What are we supposed to say? "

Dubya - "Don't forget that I am the President. Just stonewall and say that we are letting the investigation take its course. If we can't get to this Fitzgerald guy, then I always have the option of making sure none of you go to jail. Trust me. I got your back..."

[stubtoe]

1. Who will be the first to twist?

I bet that, if it's Rove, all the pent-up energy of the press will break like a dam. It'll be the uncovering of one scandal after another in a great big rush...