Bush's Brain co-author on "a difficult but containable political problem"

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"If you think things are going fine and dandy at the White House, you're in another world," said National Public Radio national correspondent Juan Williams, a FOX News contributor.

On the other hand, the White House's worst-case scenario — indictments for both Libby and Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove — did not materialize. The prospect of a high-level official being escorted out of the White House in handcuffs had Bush critics practically giddy with anticipation; some even referred to Fitzgerald's pending announcement as "Fitzmas."

"Had Rove been indicted, this would have been a 100-megaton explosion for the White House. But the fact that he escaped indictment and the only person indicted was Libby, who the public doesn't know much about, makes this a difficult but containable political problem," said Wayne Slater, Dallas Morning News senior political reporter and co-author of "Bush's Brain."

But Rove remains under investigation and the potential for other indictments is still on the table. "Everything we know about (Fitzgerald) suggests he's a serious, professional prosecutor. He would have let Karl Rove go if he didn't have the goods on him," said New York Law School professor Cameron Stracher, a classmate of Fitzgerald's at both Amherst and Harvard.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173938,00.html

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1. Rove will leave and go private

Every Republican candidate in the country will be willing pay him millions to run their campaigns.

Unethical and abhorrent behavior pays evidently.

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2. Is this photo old or new?

This guy doesn't look happy. He looks like he is very determinedly not crying.

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3. New, from Yahoo News. n/t

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4. Good. The stress is getting him.

[Dangerously Amused]

5. Yup, that's exactly what I thought too.

He is putting on a game face. He is forcing a smile, but his eyes are focused on the horizon (literally as well as figuratively). There is a definite disconnect.

As far as him getting away with it and running another campaign... well, that will be difficult to do if he gets prison time (please God.)

[nomatrix]

6. Looks like he's contemplating the

"Someone needs to hose you down" comment by Brit Hume.

Edit to remove dirty thoughts.
Note to self.
Go read Bible.