(They’ve turned off the violin’s for their intro…)

This fitzmas thing has been the greatest boon to the administration, it shows Dems making charges that are proving to be false-in the court of law.

What would your rxn be if Cheney ran for Pres in 08, with Rice on the ticket?

Too old and feeble? He wouldn’t exactly have Dan Quayle as his back-up. The questions surrounding his ability to survive four years, would be pumping up Condi to be the next Pres.

Morris would still watch a HRC/Rice matchup, she would just be in the batter’s circle, picking off independents-while Cheney walks the GOP base over to Condi.

Woodward knows this…is a big civil rights advocate from the 60′s, and realize the opportunity is too important for advancement of a qualifed African-American. He’s on the team, but worries about Condi getting the base and surviving the primary.

If you can keep Bush’s numbers down, it won’t happen, but history shows that the numbers always change. I sincerely doubt Iraq will be an issue the dems will want to discuss for 2007, and if troop withdrawal occurs after election on Dec 15th up to the spring-it will be a dem gambit to call it a failure.

Can’t wait to see how well that is received by the troops returning home. Time is significantly on the administrations side.

We now know hugh sidey(managing editor of Time/Washington) knew and he even stated that it was common knowledge.

General Vallely knew from Wilson by early 2003.

Andrea Mitchell and Russert knew before big red’s conversation with Libby in July.

This whole idea that Libby, the VP’s chief of staff, was never asked about Plame by a reporter who knew her identity, after it was stated by Kristoff in May 03 that a ‘former ambassador was sent to Africa by the VP’ is ludicrous.

Does anyone think that the press didn’t care about who Wilson was? Clearly it was known by press people that Wilson’s wife did work at the CIA, before the Libby phone calls.

These reporters are never going to talk-and by not doing so will end this case.

Fitz has to prove ALL reporters who spoke with Libby, didn’t already know Wilson’s wife’s occupation. To watch this continue in the face of the fact that reports are continually surfacing that the people in the press and public knew prior to any timeline established by Fitz is fantastic news.

The statment by Wells(Libby’s lawyer) is being parsed because it lacks the word ‘known’ is the last straw being grasped. In the face of the obvious-The press knew, and was curious long before June 12, which is even longer before July 10/11 2003, where the perjury/obstruction/false statments about passing along earlier press questions to Cooper and Russert (by Fitz) occurred has become a sinking ship.

Please dems, climb aboard.