The RNC's talking points don't hold water upon close inspection.

I think we should focus our rhetoric efforts, not on the legalistic investigation, but on the issue of credibility. And then we to press on with our own investigation.
 

We don't know what will result from Fitzgerald's investigation, nor do we know when he will present his findings. Why don't we ignore it for now, despite the decent chance that it will result in Republican disgrace?

What we know now is that the WH has lied to the press and to the public and they refuse to explain themselves. They've sent up their party-loyalists and dead-ender like Mehlman and Coleman, but how many of those in Congress are willing to stick out their neck for Rove? I suggest that we need a Conscience Caucus for the Rove/Plame scandal.

Posted at July 13, 2005 12:09 PM in response to Legal Question

Start the clock. The longer that Bush clings to his security blanket, Mr. Rove, the deeper into the quicksand he will sink. If he fired the scoundrel today, the story would be gone in a few days, but instead the controversy can continue indefinately.

I actually expect them to lay low until some media figure or Democrat overstates Rove's trouble (a la Durbin) and then they will attempt to seize on that and turn the tables.  

Posted at July 12, 2005 6:17 AM in response to Bergen and McCarthy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8085423/#050711a

Karl Rove is a liability in the war on terror. ...

... To paraphrase Mr. Rove, liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers; conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared to ruin the career of one of the country’s spies tracking terrorist efforts to gain weapons of mass destruction -- for political gain.

Posted at July 11, 2005 5:21 PM in response to The Short and Sweet of It

The Repugnican spin is that Joe Wilson was wrong on all counts. And Rove was just trying to warn Cooper about it. (Thiis is from Deborah Orin on Harball)

Posted at July 11, 2005 4:56 PM in response to The Short and Sweet of It

Karl Rove may be the A-Rod of dirty tricks, but you can't play politics with national security.

Posted at July 11, 2005 4:16 PM in response to The Short and Sweet of It

Thank God the Coalition of the Willing has taken the fight to the enemy, so that we don't have to fight in our own backyards. The best defense is a good offense!

Posted at July 7, 2005 3:16 PM in response to A Few Thoughts on a Terrible Day

I want to agree, but think it's vulnerable to language jujitsu. It's easy to demonstrate that someone is not being honest. Whether someone is promoting reform or security is not quite so ostensible.

Posted at June 29, 2005 7:05 PM in response to A Thought