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October 28, 2005
Fitzgerald Scores. Now What?
Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald handed down on indictment on Scooter Libby today. Most of you already know that. Many on the left hoped for more, specifically an indictment of Darth Vader Rove, but that didn't happen, at least not yet. Those on the right hoped that nothing would happen. Well, that didn't occur either. But in the political arena the Democrats definitely scored some points. More may be coming, but only Fitzgerald, his staff, and the grand jury know for sure.
I am not going to discuss the nuances of the indictment. There are many others that are more qualified on that score than me. However I can conjecture on what will happen next, which is always fun. We can certainly expect the White House to mount an offensive on a couple of fronts. First, they will have players attacking the indictment and Fitzgerald. Second, Bush will announce a new nominee for the Supreme Court. I don't know if he will pick a hard line right winger to satisfy the fundamentalists in his party or pick someone like Roberts, who is conservative, maybe not super conservative, but is harder for the Democrats to attack. Third, he will probably announce some new domestic initiative, something to change the subject from all his disasters. Once the ball is snapped, his players will spread the defense and force them to play catch up, with all sorts of crossing patterns, options, backs coming out of the backfield, trap blocks, pump fake end around feints and anything else that Karl can think of. Oh boy.
Posted by Chip Spear at October 28, 2005 3:17 PM