Our Coffeehouse contributors continue the debate over the likelihood that Karl Rove will get away with leaking Plame’s name. Marshall Wittmann thinks the odds are pretty good, while Reed Hundt delves into the realm of counterfactual history, wondering: what would all this look like if a Democrat were in office? Mark Schmitt argues that this is not just a matter of Rove having a bad week, but the entire Rove system having a bad year. And check out Matt Yglesias discussing how l’Affaire Plame might require us to recognize the real constraints placed on mainstream journalists.

In our Reader Blogs, you’ll find a lot of suspicious minds about Rove’s “slip-up" and the right’s uproar over Gonzales’ potential nomination to SCOTUS. According to Annie Lamott, such suspicion is wholly warranted. To join in the conversation, head over to our Misc Politics table.

At House of Labor, Nathan Newman takes on Sandra Day O’Connor’s anti-union track-record. And don't miss Bill Fletcher's post previewing the kinds of tough questions that will be asked at the landmark AFL-CIO convention later this month.